--- title: While we were walking over the city we did not see anybody that we k… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While we were walking over the city we did not see anybody that we knew, and not a soul gave us a scrap of anything to eat, till we were passing the cemetery; but there some people called to us and put into our hands some chapatis and kulchas; so my companion called the city a cemetery, and the ceme --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/) / 35 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20, sentence 35 While we were walking over the city we did not see anybody that we knew, and not a soul gave us a scrap of anything to eat, till we were passing the cemetery; but there some people called to us and put into our hands some chapatis and kulchas; so my companion called the city a cemetery, and the cemetery a city." **Who acts:** we, soul, cemetery · **What happens:** walk, not see, know, give, eat, pass · **To what, where:** city, anybody, scrap, people, cemetery, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, soul, cemetery), 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:pg7128:26:35 # text = While we were walking over the city we did not see anybody that we knew, and not a soul gave us a scrap of anything to eat, till we were passing the cemetery; but there some people called to us and put into our hands some chapatis and kulchas; so my companion called the city a cemetery, and the cemetery a city." 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 scrap scrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cemetery cemetery NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 iobj _ _ 41 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 49 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 50 chapatis chapati NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 kulchas kulcha NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 xcomp _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 cemetery cemetery NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 cemetery cemetery NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | we | | | the city | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over city=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | we | anybody | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | past | a soul | a scrap of anything | some people | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a soul *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pass** | past · progressive | we | the cemetery | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cemetery=Trajectory | | 7 | **call** | participle | | some people *not said here* | us | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to we=Recipient | | 8 | **put** | infinitive | | | | our hands and some chapatis and kulchas | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **call** | participle · passive | | my companion | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 10 | **city** | | the cemetery | | | | | | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/36/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)