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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 (kittens, Raja), 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:pg7128:21:62 # text = Now, before they sat down to play, Raja Sarkap fixed his stakes,--on the first game, his kingdom; on the second, the wealth of the whole world; and, on the third, his own head. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 20 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | kittens *= kitten* | | | the first game and Raja's kingdom | now | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on game=Location | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | kittens *= kitten* *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **fix** | past | Raja | Raja's stakes | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stake=Patient | | 4 | **stake** | | Raja | | | | | | nom stake «possession 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/63/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)