--- title: Mr. Batten adds that in imagining what kind of Demon the Eclipse Dem… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Batten adds that in imagining what kind of Demon the Eclipse Demon was, the Jataka writer was probably aided by recollections of some giant octopus, who has saucer eyes and a kind of hawk's beak, knobs on its "tusks," and a very variegated belly (gasteropod). 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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 (Batten, recollections, giant octopus), 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:pg7128:56:33 # text = Mr. Batten adds that in imagining what kind of Demon the Eclipse Demon was, the Jataka writer was probably aided by recollections of some giant octopus, who has saucer eyes and a kind of hawk's beak, knobs on its "tusks," and a very variegated belly (gasteropod). 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Batten Batten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 imagining imagine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 7 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 8 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Demon Demon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Eclipse Eclipse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Demon Demon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Jataka Jataka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 probably probably ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 aided aid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 recollections recollection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 26 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 saucer saucer NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 knobs knob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 variegated variegated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 53 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 gasteropod gasteropod NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | Batten Mr. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **imagine** | gerund | | what kind of Demon | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **aid** | past · passive | recollections of some giant octopus | the Jataka writer | | | | probably *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 5 | **have** | present | some giant octopus | saucer eyes and a kind of hawk's beak and knobs on kind's tusks | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **recollect** | | | some giant octopus | | | | | nom recollection «cognition 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/34/) - ↑ back to [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/)