--- title: In the midst of the jungle grows a circle of palm trees, and in the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the midst of the jungle grows a circle of palm trees, and in the centre of the circle stand six chattees full of water, piled one above another: below the sixth chattee is a small cage which contains a little green parrot; on the life of the parrot depends my life; and if the parrot is killed I m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/) / 45 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 45 In the midst of the jungle grows a circle of palm trees, and in the centre of the circle stand six chattees full of water, piled one above another: below the sixth chattee is a small cage which contains a little green parrot; on the life of the parrot depends my life; and if the parrot is killed I must die. **Who acts:** six chattees, small cage, I · **What happens:** grow, stand, pile, be, contain, depend · **To what, where:** circle, midst, six chattees, centre, one, another This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (six chattees, small cage, I), 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:pg7128:10:45 # text = In the midst of the jungle grows a circle of palm trees, and in the centre of the circle stand six chattees full of water, piled one above another: below the sixth chattee is a small cage which contains a little green parrot; on the life of the parrot depends my life; and if the parrot is killed I must die. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 22 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 chattees chattee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 piled pile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 30 above above ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 below below ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 chattee chattee NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 if if SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | | a circle of palm trees | | the midst of the jungle | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | present | | six chattees and a small cage | | the centre of the circle | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chattee=Theme in centre=Destination | | 3 | **pile** | past | six chattees and a small cage *not said here* | one | | another | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme above another=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | present | | a small cage | | the sixth chattee | | | tree rules | | 5 | **contain** | present | a small cage | a little green parrot | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot parrot=Theme | | 6 | **depend** | present | | my life | | the life of the parrot | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | the parrot | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **die** | must | I | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/46/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)