--- title: When the Brahman Harisarman heard that, he thought that his last hou… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the Brahman Harisarman heard that, he thought that his last hour had come, and he called to mind the pet name of "Froggie" which his father had given him in his childhood in sport, and, impelled by luck, he called to himself by his pet name, lamenting his hard fate, and suddenly called out: "Th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/) / 13 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10, sentence 13 When the Brahman Harisarman heard that, he thought that his last hour had come, and he called to mind the pet name of "Froggie" which his father had given him in his childhood in sport, and, impelled by luck, he called to himself by his pet name, lamenting his hard fate, and suddenly called out: "This is a fine pitcher for you, Froggie; it will soon become the swift destroyer of your helpless self." **Who acts:** Brahman Harisarman, Harisarman, last hour, father, This, pitcher · **What happens:** hear, think, come, call, mind, give · **To what, where:** pet name, Harisarman, childhood, hard fate, fine pitcher, swift destroyer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brahman Harisarman, Harisarman, last hour, father), 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:pg7128:16:13 # text = When the Brahman Harisarman heard that, he thought that his last hour had come, and he called to mind the pet name of "Froggie" which his father had given him in his childhood in sport, and, impelled by luck, he called to himself by his pet name, lamenting his hard fate, and suddenly called out: "This is a fine pitcher for you, Froggie; it will soon become the swift destroyer of your helpless self." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Harisarman Harisarman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Froggie Froggie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 impelled impel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obl _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 64 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 65 : : PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 66 " " PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 xcomp _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 Froggie Froggie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ; ; PUNCT : _ 80 punct _ _ 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 78 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 79 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 80 advmod _ _ 80 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 destroyer destroyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 xcomp _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 85 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 87 nmod:poss _ _ 86 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 " " PUNCT '' _ 80 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Brahman Harisarman | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Harisarman | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | Harisarman's last hour | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** | past | Harisarman | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **mind** | to-infinitive | Harisarman *not said here* | the pet name of Froggie | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past · perfect | Harisarman's father | the pet name of Froggie | Harisarman | Harisarman's childhood | | in sport | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient which=Theme | | 7 | **impel** | participle | Harisarman *not said here* | | | | | by luck | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **call** | past | Harisarman | | Harisarman | | | by Harisarman's pet name | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 9 | **lament** | gerund | Harisarman *not said here* | Harisarman's hard fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 10 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | a fine pitcher | | | | for you | tree rules | | 12 | **become** *in a quote* | future | pitcher | the swift destroyer of your helpless self | | | | soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 13 | **name** | | | Froggie | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 14 | **name** | | Harisarman | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 15 | **fate** | | Harisarman | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/14/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)