--- title: Manikkasari agreed to do so, and meanwhile asked his friend to rest… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Manikkasari agreed to do so, and meanwhile asked his friend to rest himself for a while to have his bath and meals; and Gangazara, who was very observant of his religious ceremonies, went direct to the river to bathe. Who acts: Manikkasari, Gangazara. 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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, Gangazara), 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:pg7128:14:134 # text = Manikkasari agreed to do so, and meanwhile asked his friend to rest himself for a while to have his bath and meals; and Gangazara, who was very observant of his religious ceremonies, went direct to the river to bathe. 1 Manikkasari Manikkasari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Gangazara Gangazara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 observant observant NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 religious religious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Manikkasari | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Manikkasari *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Manikkasari *not said here* | | Manikkasari's friend | | | meanwhile *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **rest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Manikkasari *not said here* | Manikkasari | | | while | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | Manikkasari *not said here* | Manikkasari's bath and meals | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | Gangazara | observant | | | | of Manikkasari's religious ceremonies | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past | Gangazara | | | the river | | direct *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **bathe** | to-infinitive | Gangazara *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/135/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/)