--- title: When the Jogi again prepared himself to cut at the root as requested… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the Jogi again prepared himself to cut at the root as requested, the bamboo said, "Do not cut at the root, cut higher up;" and when he was about to cut higher up, it again called out to him, "Do not cut high up, cut at the root." Who acts: Jogi, bamboo. 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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 (Jogi, bamboo), 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:pg7128:11:36 # text = When the Jogi again prepared himself to cut at the root as requested, the bamboo said, "Do not cut at the root, cut higher up;" and when he was about to cut higher up, it again called out to him, "Do not cut high up, cut at the root." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Jogi Jogi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 53 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 advmod _ _ 54 up up ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past | the Jogi | Jogi | | | again | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **cut** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Jogi *not said here* | | | | | at the root | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at root=Patient | | 3 | **request** | participle | the Jogi *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bamboo | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | at the root | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at root=Patient | | 6 | **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | high *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | Jogi | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **cut** | to-infinitive | Jogi *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | root | Jogi | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to he=Recipient | | 10 | **not** **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **cut** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | at the root | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at root=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:** «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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/37/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)