--- title: The king, taking the future Buddha, went to the place, surrounded by… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king, taking the future Buddha, went to the place, surrounded by his courtiers; and looking at the tortoise, he asked the Bodisat, "Teacher! how comes he to be fallen here?" Who acts: king, Tortoise. 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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 (king, Tortoise), 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:pg7128:17:65 # text = The king, taking the future Buddha, went to the place, surrounded by his courtiers; and looking at the tortoise, he asked the Bodisat, "Teacher! how comes he to be fallen here?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 csubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Bodisat Bodisat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 obl _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | the future Buddha | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument buddha=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | the king | | | | | to the place | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **surround** | participle | | the place *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | at the tortoise | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tortoise=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Tortoise | | the Bodisat | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bodisat=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fall** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | Tortoise | | here | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: subject=Result | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/66/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)