--- title: My sins and offences have been very many, so I have come and am lyin… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: My sins and offences have been very many, so I have come and am lying here that men may pass over me, and perchance my sins may be forgiven me, and God may be merciful, and I may have a son." Who acts: sins, I, men, God. 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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 (sins, I, men, God), 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:pg7128:25:21 # text = My sins and offences have been very many, so I have come and am lying here that men may pass over me, and perchance my sins may be forgiven me, and God may be merciful, and I may have a son." 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 offences offence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | My sins and offences | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | present · progressive | I *not said here* | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** | may | men | | | | | over me | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over i=Location | | 5 | **forgive** | may · passive | | perchance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | may | God | | | | | merciful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | may | I | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/22/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)