--- title: The snake went down: when he returned he said, "You have a Rakshas i… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The snake went down: when he returned he said, "You have a Rakshas in your stomach, but if you will let me cut you open, it will come out of you." " Who acts: snake, Majnun, You, Rakshas. 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" **Who acts:** snake, Majnun, You, Rakshas · **What happens:** go down, return, say, have, let, cut · **To what, where:** Rakshas, stomach, Majnun, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snake, Majnun, You, Rakshas), 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:pg7128:12:51 # text = The snake went down: when he returned he said, "You have a Rakshas in your stomach, but if you will let me cut you open, it will come out of you." " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Rakshas Rakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | the snake | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **return** | past | Majnun | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Majnun | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | You | a Rakshas | | your stomach | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rakshas=Patient | | 5 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | Majnun | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive | Majnun *not said here* | you | | | | open *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 7 | **come out** *in a quote* | future | Rakshas | you | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/52/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)