--- title: When he had a large heap, he tied two opposite ends of blanket toget… — Old Indian Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When he had a large heap, he tied two opposite ends of blanket together and lifted the bundle of wood upon his back, but alas! he had unconsciously dropped the end of the rope and now he was lost in the wood! Who acts: MANSTIN. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (MANSTIN), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg338:14:85 # text = When he had a large heap, he tied two opposite ends of blanket together and lifted the bundle of wood upon his back, but alas! he had unconsciously dropped the end of the rope and now he was lost in the wood! 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 unconsciously unconsciously ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | MANSTIN | a large heap | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Patient | | 2 | **tie** | past | MANSTIN | two opposite ends of blanket | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient | | 3 | **lift** | past | MANSTIN *not said here* | the bundle of wood | | MANSTIN's back | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme upon back=Destination | | 4 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive | | alas | | | | unconsciously *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme end=Destination | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | | MANSTIN | | the wood | now | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Old Indian Legends» by Zitkala-Sa, Project Gutenberg book 338 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/86/) - ↑ back to [Manstin, the Rabbit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/)