--- title: Besides, in my belly is a thunderbolt; if you eat me, you will never… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Besides, in my belly is a thunderbolt; if you eat me, you will never be able to digest it; this will tear your inwards into little bits, and kill you: so we shall both perish. Who acts: belly, you, this, we. 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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 (belly, you, this, we), 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:pg7128:26:129 # text = Besides, in my belly is a thunderbolt; if you eat me, you will never be able to digest it; this will tear your inwards into little bits, and kill you: so we shall both perish. 1 Besides besides INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 digest digest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 inwards inwards ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 both both ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | my belly | | | a thunderbolt | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | me | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **not** **is** | future | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **digest** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | belly | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tear** | future | this | your little bits | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location bit=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | infinitive | this *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **perish** | shall | we | | | | | both *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/130/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)