--- title: The Jogi by this time felt sure that a Bonga was trying to frighten… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Jogi by this time felt sure that a Bonga was trying to frighten him, so becoming angry he cut down the bamboo at the root, and taking it away made a fiddle out of it. Who acts: Jogi, Bonga, taking. 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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, Bonga, taking), 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:pg7128:11:37 # text = The Jogi by this time felt sure that a Bonga was trying to frighten him, so becoming angry he cut down the bamboo at the root, and taking it away made a fiddle out of it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jogi Jogi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Bonga Bonga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 csubj _ _ 19 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the Jogi by this time | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **try** | past · progressive | a Bonga | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **frighten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a Bonga *not said here* | Jogi | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **become** | gerund | | | | | | angry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **cut down** | past | Jogi | the bamboo | | the root | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bamboo=Product | | 6 | **take away** | gerund | | root | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **make** | past | taking | a fiddle | | root | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fiddle=Product | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/38/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)