--- title: But as he related how the parrot had warned him about the demon hors… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: But as he related how the parrot had warned him about the demon horse, his feet and legs turned to marble; then as he told about the poisoned plate, his body as far as his armpits turned to marble; lastly when he had finished the tale of the poison dropped by the snake, his head and shoulders became --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/99/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/) / [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/) / 99 # Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 99 But as he related how the parrot had warned him about the demon horse, his feet and legs turned to marble; then as he told about the poisoned plate, his body as far as his armpits turned to marble; lastly when he had finished the tale of the poison dropped by the snake, his head and shoulders became marble, too. **Who acts:** minister, armpits, lastly, poison · **What happens:** relate, warn, turn, tell, poison, marble · **To what, where:** parrot, minister, feet, marble, tale, poison · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (minister, armpits, lastly, poison), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:11:99 # text = But as he related how the parrot had warned him about the demon horse, his feet and legs turned to marble; then as he told about the poisoned plate, his body as far as his armpits turned to marble; lastly when he had finished the tale of the poison dropped by the snake, his head and shoulders became marble, too. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 armpits armpit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 marble marble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 nsubj _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 conj _ _ 63 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 64 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 66 too too ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | past | minister | | | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect · passive | | the parrot | minister | | | about the demon horse; minister's feet and legs *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | participle | | minister's feet and legs *not said here* | | marble | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to marble=Trajectory | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | minister | | | | then | about the poisoned plate and minister's body | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **turn** | past | minister's armpits | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **marble** | to-infinitive | minister's armpits *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **finish** | past · perfect | minister | the tale of the poison | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tale=Eventuality | | 9 | **drop** | participle | | the poison *not said here* | | | | by the snake | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by snake=Trajectory | | 10 | **become** | past | lastly | | | | | marble *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **tell** | | the poison | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. 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