--- title: Now, as Raja Rasalu, tender-hearted and strong, journeyed along to p… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, as Raja Rasalu, tender-hearted and strong, journeyed along to play chaupur with the King, he came to a burning forest, and a voice rose from the fire saying, "Oh, traveller! for God's sake save me from the fire!" Who acts: king, voice rose, traveller. 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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, voice rose, traveller), 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:pg7128:21:12 # text = Now, as Raja Rasalu, tender-hearted and strong, journeyed along to play chaupur with the King, he came to a burning forest, and a voice rose from the fire saying, "Oh, traveller! for God's sake save me from the fire!" 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 journeyed journey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 14 along along ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 17 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 47 save save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | participle | | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | | chaupur | | | | with the King | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme with king=Co-Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | king | | | a burning forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | a voice rose from the fire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **save** *in a quote* | past | traveller | a voice rose from the fire *= rose* | | the fire | | for God's sake | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme for sake=Asset from fire=Source | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/13/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)