--- title: Manikkasari was extremely delighted to find on his threshold him who… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Manikkasari was extremely delighted to find on his threshold him who ten years before, notwithstanding the advice repeatedly given him by the sage-looking tiger, serpent, and rat, had relieved him from the pit of death. Who acts: Manikkasari, advice, rat. 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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 (Manikkasari, advice, rat), 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:pg7128:14:132 # text = Manikkasari was extremely delighted to find on his threshold him who ten years before, notwithstanding the advice repeatedly given him by the sage-looking tiger, serpent, and rat, had relieved him from the pit of death. 1 Manikkasari Manikkasari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 before before ADV RB _ 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 sage sage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 relieved relieved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Manikkasari | | | | | delighted, extremely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Manikkasari *not said here* | | | Manikkasari's threshold | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **notwithstand** | gerund | Manikkasari *not said here* | the advice | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | participle | the advice *not said here* | Manikkasari | | | | by the looking tiger and serpent; repeatedly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | past | rat *not said here* | | | the pit of death | | relieved *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/133/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/)