--- title: Then the Brahman, sad at heart, went further afield till he saw a bu… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Brahman, sad at heart, went further afield till he saw a buffalo turning a well-wheel; but he fared no better from it, for it answered, "You are a fool to expect gratitude! Who acts: Brahman, buffalo, wheel, 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 (Brahman, buffalo, wheel, 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:pg7128:13:95 # text = Then the Brahman, sad at heart, went further afield till he saw a buffalo turning a well-wheel; but he fared no better from it, for it answered, "You are a fool to expect gratitude! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 further further ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 afield afield ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 xcomp _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the Brahman | | | | | afield *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Brahman | a buffalo | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer buffalo=Stimulus | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | a buffalo *not said here* | a wheel | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme | | 4 | **fare** | past | Brahman | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | wheel | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a fool | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **expect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wheel *not said here* | gratitude | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/96/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)