--- title: Then they went to the temple of the Goddess Durga, and having paid t… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went to the temple of the Goddess Durga, and having paid their devotions and asked the favor of the deity on behalf of the King, Vira-vara struck off the head of his son, and laid it as an offering upon the shrine. Who acts: words, Vira vara. 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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 (words, Vira vara), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:2:64 # text = Then they went to the temple of the Goddess Durga, and having paid their devotions and asked the favor of the deity on behalf of the King, Vira-vara struck off the head of his son, and laid it as an offering upon the shrine. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Goddess Goddess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Durga Durga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux _ _ 14 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 devotions devotion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Vira Vira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 vara vara NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 off off ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | words *= word* | | | the temple of the Goddess Durga | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to temple=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **pay** | gerund · perfect | words *= word* *not said here* | words's devotions | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devotion=Asset | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | words *= word* *not said here* | the favor of the deity on behalf of the King | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent favor=Recipient | | 4 | **strike off** | participle | Vira vara *not said here* | the head of King's son | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | past | words *= word* *not said here* | vara | | | | as a offering upon the shrine | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Result as offering=Attribute | | 6 | **devote** | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **favor** | | | the deity on behalf of the King | | | | | nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)