--- title: 413-6, how a lion and a serpent and a Venetian named Vitalis were sa… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: 413-6, how a lion and a serpent and a Venetian named Vitalis were saved from a pit by a woodman, Vitalis promising him half his fortune, fifty talents. Who acts: woodman, Vitalis. 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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 (woodman, Vitalis), 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:pg7128:41:17 # text = 413-6, how a lion and a serpent and a Venetian named Vitalis were saved from a pit by a woodman, Vitalis promising him half his fortune, fifty talents. 1 413-6 413-6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Venetian venetian NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 Vitalis Vitalis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Vitalis Vitalis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 promising promise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | a Venetian *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** | past · passive | a woodman | a lion and a serpent and a Venetian | | a pit | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from pit=Source | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | Vitalis *not said here* | Vitalis's fortune and fifty talents | Vitalis | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal fortune=Theme | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/41/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/41/18/) - ↑ back to [X. the Soothsayer's Son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/41/)