--- title: The future Buddha was once born in a minister's family, when Brahma-… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The future Buddha was once born in a minister's family, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares; and when he grew up, he became the king's adviser in things temporal and spiritual. Who acts: Brahma datta, datta. 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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 (Brahma datta, datta), 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:pg7128:17:47 # text = The future Buddha was once born in a minister's family, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares; and when he grew up, he became the king's adviser in things temporal and spiritual. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 6 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 14 Brahma Brahma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 datta datta NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 reigning reign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Benares Benares PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 adviser adviser NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 temporal temporal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | the future Buddha | | a minister's family | | once *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **reign** | past · progressive | Brahma datta | | | Benares | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow up** | past | datta | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **become** | past | datta | adviser temporal | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/48/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)