--- title: "Last night," replied the fakir, "we were sitting here by this tomb… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Last night," replied the fakir, "we were sitting here by this tomb worshipping Khuda, when a ghoul, dressed as a princess, came and exhumed a body that had been buried a few days ago, and began to eat it. Who acts: fakir, we, ghoul. 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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 (fakir, we, ghoul), 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:pg7128:28:115 # text = "Last night," replied the fakir, "we were sitting here by this tomb worshipping Khuda, when a ghoul, dressed as a princess, came and exhumed a body that had been buried a few days ago, and began to eat it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 worshipping worshipp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 19 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ghoul ghoul NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 exhumed exhume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 ago ago ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the fakir | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | past · progressive | we | | | here | | by this tomb | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tomb=Location | | 3 | **worshipp** *in a quote* | gerund | we *not said here* | Khuda | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dress** *in a quote* | participle | | a ghoul *not said here* | | | | as a princess | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | a ghoul | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **exhume** *in a quote* | past | a ghoul *not said here* | a body | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 7 | **bury** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | a body | | | | ago *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the fakir *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the fakir *not said here* | body | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/116/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)