--- title: _And when the great Teacher, Gautama the Buddha, told this tale, he… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: _And when the great Teacher, Gautama the Buddha, told this tale, he used to add: "Now at that time the lion was Devadatta the Traitor, but the white crane was I myself." Who acts: _, Crane, lion, white crane. 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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 (\_, Crane, lion, white crane), 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:pg7128:7:29 # text = _And when the great Teacher, Gautama the Buddha, told this tale, he used to add: "Now at that time the lion was Devadatta the Traitor, but the white crane was I myself." 1 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Gautama Gautama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 Devadatta Devadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | \_ and the great Teacher and Gautama | this tale | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **use** | past | Crane | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Crane *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the lion | Devadatta | | | now; time | the Traitor *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the white crane | \_ and the great Teacher and Gautama *= \_* | | | | | tree rules | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/30/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/)