--- title: First he met a Brahman, and to him he gave a cake, asking him to poi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: First he met a Brahman, and to him he gave a cake, asking him to point out the road to Ram; but the Brahman only took the cake and went on his way without a word. Who acts: friend, Brahman. 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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 (friend, Brahman), 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:pg7128:22:19 # text = First he met a Brahman, and to him he gave a cake, asking him to point out the road to Ram; but the Brahman only took the cake and went on his way without a word. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Ram Ram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | friend | a Brahman | | | | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brahman=Co-Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | friend | a cake | friend | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cake=Theme to he=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | friend *not said here* | | friend | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **point out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | the road | Ram | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent road=Theme to ram=Recipient | | 5 | **take** | past | the Brahman | the cake | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | the Brahman *not said here* | | | friend's way | | without a word | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/20/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)