--- title: But Khuda gave me my life again, and brought me here, after I had st… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Khuda gave me my life again, and brought me here, after I had stayed a long, long while in the jungle crying for you, and now I am obliged to be a little dog; but if you will marry me, I shall not be a little dog any more." Who acts: Khuda, I, jungle, you. 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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 (Khuda, I, jungle, you), 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:pg7128:12:124 # text = But Khuda gave me my life again, and brought me here, after I had stayed a long, long while in the jungle crying for you, and now I am obliged to be a little dog; but if you will marry me, I shall not be a little dog any more." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ _ 26 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 55 any any ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Khuda | my life | me | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | Khuda *not said here* | | me | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **stay** | past · perfect | I | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the jungle *not said here* | | | | | for you | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for you=Recipient | | 5 | **oblige** | present · passive | | I | | | now | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a little dog | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 8 | **not** **is a** | shall | I | a little dog | | | | | tree rules | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/125/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)