--- title: When Sthuladatta heard that, he called Harisarman, who said, "Yester… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When Sthuladatta heard that, he called Harisarman, who said, "Yesterday I was forgotten, but to-day, now the horse is stolen, I am called to mind," and Sthuladatta then propitiated the Brahman with these words--"I forgot you, forgive me"--and asked him to tell him who had taken away their horse. 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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 (Sthuladatta, Harisarman, I), 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:pg7128:15:125 # text = When Sthuladatta heard that, he called Harisarman, who said, "Yesterday I was forgotten, but to-day, now the horse is stolen, I am called to mind," and Sthuladatta then propitiated the Brahman with these words--"I forgot you, forgive me"--and asked him to tell him who had taken away their horse. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Sthuladatta Sthuladatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Harisarman Harisarman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 Sthuladatta Sthuladatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 propitiated propitiate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Brahman brahman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 -- -- PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 ccomp _ _ 65 away away ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Sthuladatta | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **call** | past | Sthuladatta | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Harisarman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **forget** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Yesterday | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **steal** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the horse | | | now; day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **call** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Harisarman | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mind** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **propitiate** | past | Sthuladatta | the Brahman | | | then | with this words | tree rules | | 9 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I | Sthuladatta | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **forgive** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | I *not said here* | | Sthuladatta | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | Sthuladatta | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 13 | **take away** | past · perfect | | words's horse | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/126/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/)