--- title: Now he, forgetful of the dead man's warning, played with the dice gi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now he, forgetful of the dead man's warning, played with the dice given him by Raja Sarkap, besides which, Sarkap let loose his famous rat, Dhol Raja, and it ran about the board, upsetting the chaupur pieces on the sly, so that Rasalu lost the first game, and gave up his shining armour. 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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 (dice, Sarkap, rat, Rasalu), 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:pg7128:21:65 # text = Now he, forgetful of the dead man's warning, played with the dice given him by Raja Sarkap, besides which, Sarkap let loose his famous rat, Dhol Raja, and it ran about the board, upsetting the chaupur pieces on the sly, so that Rasalu lost the first game, and gave up his shining armour. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 forgetful forgetful PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dice dice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 besides besides ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 27 loose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Dhol Dhol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 upsetting upset VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 so so SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 56 amod _ _ 56 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 amod _ _ 63 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | participle · passive | | Raja | | | | with the dice | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: subject=Theme with dice=Co-Agent | | 2 | **give** | participle | the dice *not said here* | Raja | | | | by Raja | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **let** | past | Sarkap | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** | infinitive | Sarkap *not said here* | Raja's famous rat | | | | Dhol Raja *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Eventuality | | 5 | **run** | past | rat | | | | | about the board | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about board=Trajectory | | 6 | **upset** | gerund | rat *not said here* | the chaupur pieces | | the sly | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=Experiencer | | 7 | **lose** | past | Rasalu | the first game | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | | 8 | **give up** | past | | Raja's shining armour | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Source | | 9 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **warn** | | the dead man | | | | | | nom warning «communication 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/66/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)