--- title: “See, I appeal to Shiva to protect me;” and he put out his hand to t… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: “See, I appeal to Shiva to protect me;” and he put out his hand to the large pebble of black stone, Shiva’s symbol, which had been brought to the shrine from the great sacred river of the West Country. Who acts: you, boy, Shiva. 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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 (you, boy, Shiva), 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:pg69647:4:146 # text = “See, I appeal to Shiva to protect me;” and he put out his hand to the large pebble of black stone, Shiva’s symbol, which had been brought to the shrine from the great sacred river of the West Country. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 appeal appeal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Shiva Shiva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 Shiva Shiva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 symbol symbol NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **appeal** *in a quote* | present | the boy *= boy* | | Shiva | | | | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to shiva=Experiencer | | 3 | **protect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the boy *= boy* *not said here* | | the boy *= boy* | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **put out** | past | Shiva | Shiva's hand | | | | to the large pebble of black stone | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | Shiva's symbol | | the great sacred river of the West Country | | to the shrine | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme to shrine=Destination from river=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/146/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)