--- title: The grey light of the evening, the pumpkin colour of Gangazara, the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The grey light of the evening, the pumpkin colour of Gangazara, the holy ashes scattered lavishly over his body, the tigers and snakes humbling themselves at his feet, gave him the true majesty of the god Gangazara. Who acts: snakes, grey light. 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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 (snakes, grey light), 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:pg7128:15:61 # text = The grey light of the evening, the pumpkin colour of Gangazara, the holy ashes scattered lavishly over his body, the tigers and snakes humbling themselves at his feet, gave him the true majesty of the god Gangazara. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 pumpkin pumpkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Gangazara Gangazara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 17 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 lavishly lavishly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 27 humbling humble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 Gangazara Gangazara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | participle | | the holy ashes *not said here* | | Gangazara's body | | lavishly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over body=Destination | | 2 | **humble** | gerund | snakes *not said here* | tigers *= tiger* | | Gangazara's feet | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | | 3 | **give** | past | the grey light of the evening and the pumpkin colour of Gangazara and the holy ashes and the tigers and snakes | the true majesty of the god | Gangazara | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient majesty=Theme | | 4 | **light** | | | the evening | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/62/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/)