--- title: So the Rohu opened his mouth wide, and the jackal jumped down his th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the Rohu opened his mouth wide, and the jackal jumped down his throat; but he came up very quickly, looking much frightened and saying, "You have a Rakshas in your stomach, and if I don't run away quickly, I am afraid it will eat me." Who acts: Rohu, jackal, news, 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 (Rohu, jackal, news, 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:pg7128:12:46 # text = So the Rohu opened his mouth wide, and the jackal jumped down his throat; but he came up very quickly, looking much frightened and saying, "You have a Rakshas in your stomach, and if I don't run away quickly, I am afraid it will eat me." 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rohu Rohu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Rakshas Rakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | the Rohu | news's mouth | | | | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 2 | **jump down** | past | the jackal | news's throat | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme throat=Trajectory | | 3 | **come up** | past | news | | | | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | gerund | news *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **frighten** | participle | news *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | news *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | You | a Rakshas | | your stomach | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rakshas=Patient | | 8 | **not** **run away** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | news | | | | | away, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | news | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | Rakshas | news | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/47/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)