--- title: I conjecture that a collection of fables existed in India before Bud… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I conjecture that a collection of fables existed in India before Buddha and independently of the Jatakas, and connected with the name of Kasyapa, who was afterwards made by the Buddhists into the latest of the twenty-seven pre-incarnations of the Buddha. Who acts: that, Buddhists. 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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 (that, Buddhists), 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:pg7128:29:139 # text = I conjecture that a collection of fables existed in India before Buddha and independently of the Jatakas, and connected with the name of Kasyapa, who was afterwards made by the Buddhists into the latest of the twenty-seven pre-incarnations of the Buddha. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 conjecture conjecture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fables fable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 existed exist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 independently independently ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Jatakas jataka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Kasyapa Kasyapa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Buddhists Buddhist PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 pre-incarnations pre-incarnation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collection** | | that | | | | | of fables | tree rules | | 2 | **exist** | participle | | fables *not said here* | | India | before Buddha and the Jatakas | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in india=Location | | 3 | **connect** | participle | | | | | | with the name of Kasyapa | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with name=Co-Patient | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | the Buddhists | the name of Kasyapa | | the latest of the seven pre-incarnations of the Buddha | | afterwards *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent subject=Material into late=Product | | 5 | **name** | | | Kasyapa | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/140/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)