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title: In Bengal we have the soul "in a necklace, in a box, in the heart of… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In Bengal we have the soul "in a necklace, in a box, in the heart of a _boal_ fish, in a tank"; in Albania "it is in a pigeon, in a hare, in the silver tusk of a wild boar"; in Rome it is "in a stone, in the head of a bird, in the head of a leveret, in the middle head of a seven-headed hydra"; in Ru
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# Indian Fairy Tales, IV. Punchkin., sentence 24

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In Bengal we have the soul "in a necklace, in a box, in the heart of a \_boal\_ fish, in a tank"; in Albania "it is in a pigeon, in a hare, in the silver tusk of a wild boar"; in Rome it is "in a stone, in the head of a bird, in the head of a leveret, in the middle head of a seven-headed hydra"; in Russia "it is in an egg, in a duck, in a hare, in a casket, in an oak"; in Servia it is "in a board, in the heart of a fox, in a mountain"; in Transylvania "it is in a light, in an egg, in a duck, in a pond, in a mountain"; in Norway it is "in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, on an island, in a lake"; in the Hebrides it is "in an egg, in the belly of a duck, in the belly of a wether, under a flagstone on the threshold."

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**Who acts:** we, soul · **What happens:** have, be, head · **To what, where:** soul, Bengal, pigeon, stone, egg, board

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, IV. Punchkin.. 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), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7128:35:24
# text = In Bengal we have the soul "in a necklace, in a box, in the heart of a _boal_ fish, in a tank"; in Albania "it is in a pigeon, in a hare, in the silver tusk of a wild boar"; in Rome it is "in a stone, in the head of a bird, in the head of a leveret, in the middle head of a seven-headed hydra"; in Russia "it is in an egg, in a duck, in a hare, in a casket, in an oak"; in Servia it is "in a board, in the heart of a fox, in a mountain"; in Transylvania "it is in a light, in an egg, in a duck, in a pond, in a mountain"; in Norway it is "in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, on an island, in a lake"; in the Hebrides it is "in an egg, in the belly of a duck, in the belly of a wether, under a flagstone on the threshold."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Bengal	Bengal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	boal	boal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	_
24	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Albania	Albania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	tusk	tusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
57	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
58	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	_
73	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	leveret	leveret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
77	in	in	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
79	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	80	amod	_	_
80	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	conj	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
83	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	85	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	headed	head	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	86	amod	_	_
86	hydra	hydra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	86	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
89	in	in	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
90	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	88	nmod	_	_
91	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	96	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	96	nsubj	_	_
93	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	96	cop	_	_
94	in	in	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
95	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	96	det	_	_
96	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	100	punct	_	_
98	in	in	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
99	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	100	det	_	_
100	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	104	punct	_	_
102	in	in	ADP	IN	_	104	case	_	_
103	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	104	det	_	_
104	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	108	punct	_	_
106	in	in	ADP	IN	_	108	case	_	_
107	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	108	det	_	_
108	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	112	punct	_	_
110	in	in	ADP	IN	_	112	case	_	_
111	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	112	det	_	_
112	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
113	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	112	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
114	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	122	punct	_	_
115	in	in	ADP	IN	_	116	case	_	_
116	Servia	Servia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	122	obl	_	_
117	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	122	nsubj	_	_
118	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	122	cop	_	_
119	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	118	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	in	in	ADP	IN	_	122	case	_	_
121	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	122	det	_	_
122	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
123	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	126	punct	_	_
124	in	in	ADP	IN	_	126	case	_	_
125	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	126	det	_	_
126	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	122	conj	_	_
127	of	of	ADP	IN	_	129	case	_	_
128	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	129	det	_	_
129	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	133	punct	_	_
131	in	in	ADP	IN	_	133	case	_	_
132	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	133	det	_	_
133	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
134	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	133	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
135	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	137	punct	_	_
136	in	in	ADP	IN	_	137	case	_	_
137	Transylvania	Transylvania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	96	appos	_	_
138	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	143	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
139	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	143	nsubj	_	_
140	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	143	cop	_	_
141	in	in	ADP	IN	_	143	case	_	_
142	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	143	det	_	_
143	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	137	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
144	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	147	punct	_	_
145	in	in	ADP	IN	_	147	case	_	_
146	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	147	det	_	_
147	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
148	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	151	punct	_	_
149	in	in	ADP	IN	_	151	case	_	_
150	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	151	det	_	_
151	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
152	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	155	punct	_	_
153	in	in	ADP	IN	_	155	case	_	_
154	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	155	det	_	_
155	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	151	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
156	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	159	punct	_	_
157	in	in	ADP	IN	_	159	case	_	_
158	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	159	det	_	_
159	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	155	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
160	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	159	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
161	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	169	punct	_	_
162	in	in	ADP	IN	_	163	case	_	_
163	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	169	obl	_	_
164	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	169	nsubj	_	_
165	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	169	cop	_	_
166	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	165	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
167	in	in	ADP	IN	_	169	case	_	_
168	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	169	det	_	_
169	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
170	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	173	punct	_	_
171	in	in	ADP	IN	_	173	case	_	_
172	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	173	det	_	_
173	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	169	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
174	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	177	punct	_	_
175	in	in	ADP	IN	_	177	case	_	_
176	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	177	det	_	_
177	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	173	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
178	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	181	punct	_	_
179	in	in	ADP	IN	_	181	case	_	_
180	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	181	det	_	_
181	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	173	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
182	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	185	punct	_	_
183	on	on	ADP	IN	_	185	case	_	_
184	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	185	det	_	_
185	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	173	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
186	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	189	punct	_	_
187	in	in	ADP	IN	_	189	case	_	_
188	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	189	det	_	_
189	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
190	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	189	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
191	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	200	punct	_	_
192	in	in	ADP	IN	_	194	case	_	_
193	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	194	det	_	_
194	Hebrides	Hebrides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	200	obl	_	_
195	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	200	nsubj	_	_
196	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	200	cop	_	_
197	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	196	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
198	in	in	ADP	IN	_	200	case	_	_
199	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	200	det	_	_
200	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
201	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	204	punct	_	_
202	in	in	ADP	IN	_	204	case	_	_
203	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	204	det	_	_
204	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	_
205	of	of	ADP	IN	_	207	case	_	_
206	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	207	det	_	_
207	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	204	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
208	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	211	punct	_	_
209	in	in	ADP	IN	_	211	case	_	_
210	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	211	det	_	_
211	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	207	conj	_	_
212	of	of	ADP	IN	_	214	case	_	_
213	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	214	det	_	_
214	wether	wether	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	211	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
215	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	218	punct	_	_
216	under	under	ADP	IN	_	218	case	_	_
217	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	218	det	_	_
218	flagstone	flagstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	143	conj	_	_
219	on	on	ADP	IN	_	221	case	_	_
220	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	221	det	_	_
221	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	218	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
222	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	137	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
223	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	137	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we | the soul |  | Bengal |  | in a necklace and a box; in the heart of a boal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a pigeon and a stone |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a stone |  | in Rome | tree rules |
| 4 | **head** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a egg and a duck and a hare and a casket and a board and the heart of a fox and a mountain |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a board and the heart of a fox and a mountain |  | in Servia | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a light and a egg and a duck and a pond and a egg and a duck and a well and a church and a island and a lake and a egg and the belly of a duck and the belly of a wether and a flagstone on the threshold |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a egg and a duck and a well and a church and a island |  | in Norway | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | soul |  |  | a egg |  | in the Hebrides | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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