--- title: On this scrap of paper were written three pieces of advice--First, I… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On this scrap of paper were written three pieces of advice--First, If a person is travelling and reaches any strange place at night, let him be careful where he puts up, and not close his eyes in sleep, lest he close them in death. Who acts: person, Bhagawant. 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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 (person, Bhagawant), 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:pg7128:17:104 # text = On this scrap of paper were written three pieces of advice--First, If a person is travelling and reaches any strange place at night, let him be careful where he puts up, and not close his eyes in sleep, lest he close them in death. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 scrap scrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 close close VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | this scrap of paper | | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient piece=Topic | | 2 | **travel** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | a person | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | present | | any strange place | | | night | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | person | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | person *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **put up** | present | person | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **close** | infinitive | | Bhagawant's eyes | | | | in sleep | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Patient in sleep=Topic | | 8 | **close** | infinitive | Bhagawant | eyes *= eye* | | | | in death | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Patient in death=Topic | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/105/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)