--- title: The child now lived in Suri's stomach; and when one whole year had p… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The child now lived in Suri's stomach; and when one whole year had passed, and he was two years old, the cow went out to the plain, and said to herself, "I do not know whether the child is alive or dead. Who acts: child, Suri, cow, I. 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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 (child, Suri, cow, I), 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:pg7128:23:12 # text = The child now lived in Suri's stomach; and when one whole year had passed, and he was two years old, the cow went out to the plain, and said to herself, "I do not know whether the child is alive or dead. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Suri Suri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 43 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the child | | | Suri's stomach | now | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stomach=Location | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect | the child *not said here* | | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Suri | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go out** | past | the cow | | | | | to the plain; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | cow | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the child | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | the child *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg7128/23/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/13/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)