--- title: He made himself as tall as a palm tree; his head was the size of a p… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He made himself as tall as a palm tree; his head was the size of a pagoda, his eyes as big as saucers, and he had two tusks all over knobs and bulbs; he had the face of a hawk, a variegated belly, and blue hands and feet. Who acts: Bodhisatta, head. 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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 (Bodhisatta, head), 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:pg7128:26:96 # text = He made himself as tall as a palm tree; his head was the size of a pagoda, his eyes as big as saucers, and he had two tusks all over knobs and bulbs; he had the face of a hawk, a variegated belly, and blue hands and feet. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pagoda pagoda NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 parataxis _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 saucers saucer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 knobs knob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bulbs bulb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 variegated variegated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Bodhisatta | Bodhisatta | | | | tall *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product | | 2 | **is a** | past | Bodhisatta's head | the size | | | | of a pagoda | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | Bodhisatta | two tusks | | knobs and bulbs | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | Bodhisatta | the face of a hawk and a variegated belly | | | | blue hands and feet *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/97/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)