--- title: Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey, the headless corpse asked him whither he was going, and when he said "to play chaupur with King Sarkap," the corpse begged him to give up the idea saying, "I am King Sarkap's brother, and I know his ways. 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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 (Rasalu, headless corpse, corpse, idea), 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:pg7128:21:5 # text = Now when morning broke and Rasalu said he must continue his journey, the headless corpse asked him whither he was going, and when he said "to play chaupur with King Sarkap," the corpse begged him to give up the idea saying, "I am King Sarkap's brother, and I know his ways. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 headless headless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ _ 52 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 53 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 54 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | | | | now; morning | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **continue** | must | Rasalu | Rasalu's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the headless corpse | | Rasalu | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | Rasalu | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | chaupur | | | | with King Sarkap | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme with sarkap=Co-Agent | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the corpse | | Rasalu | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **give up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the corpse *not said here* | the idea | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Source | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the idea *not said here* | King's brother | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the idea *= idea* | | | | | 's King | tree rules | | 12 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the idea *= idea* | Rasalu's ways | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 13 | **journey** | | Rasalu | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/6/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)