--- title: At the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the fut… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future Buddha was born one of a peasant family; and when he grew up, he gained his living by tilling the ground. Who acts: Brahma datta, Benares, 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, Benares, 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:pg7128:21:109 # text = At the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future Buddha was born one of a peasant family; and when he grew up, he gained his living by tilling the ground. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 7 Brahma Brahma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 datta datta NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 reigning reign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Benares Benares PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 tilling till VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reign** | past · progressive | Brahma datta | | | Benares | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | past · passive | Benares *not said here* | the future Buddha | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary one=Patient | | 3 | **grow up** | past | datta | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **gain** | past | datta | datta's living | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Theme | | 5 | **till** | gerund | datta *not said here* | the ground | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | | datta | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/110/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)