Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 111
And as the old woman brushed her hair, or sat out with her on the roof-balcony on the still, hot nights when the Princess was sleepless, she told her tales of Prithi Raja, King of Delhi, and of his great love for Samyukta.
Who acts: Princess, Prithi Raja, DELHI · What happens: brush, sit out, be, tell, love · To what, where: hair, roof balcony, tales · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Prithi Raja, DELHI), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 brushed | cc |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 woman | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 woman | amod |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brushed | obl |
| 6 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hair | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brushed | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sat | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 sat | cc |
| 11 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brushed | conj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 sat | compound:prt |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sat | obl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 balcony | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 balcony | det |
| 17 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 balcony | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 roof | punct |
| 19 | balcony | balcony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sat | obl |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 nights | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 nights | det |
| 22 | still | still | ADV | _ | 24 hot | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 still | punct |
| 24 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 nights | amod |
| 25 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sat | obl |
| 26 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 sleepless | advmod |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Princess | det |
| 28 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 sleepless | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 sleepless | cop |
| 30 | sleepless | sleepless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sat | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 told | punct |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 told | nsubj |
| 33 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brushed | conj |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 tales | nmod:poss |
| 35 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 told | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Raja | case |
| 37 | Prithi | Prithi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Raja | compound |
| 38 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 tales | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 King | punct |
| 40 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Raja | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Delhi | case |
| 42 | Delhi | Delhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 King | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 love | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 love | cc |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 love | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 love | nmod:poss |
| 47 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 love | amod |
| 48 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 told | obl |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 Samyukta | case |
| 50 | Samyukta | Samyukta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 love | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 brushed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | past | best's hair | as the old woman | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sit out | past | the roof balcony | night | with best = good | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on balcony=Location | |||
| 3 | is | past | the Princess | sleepless property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | Princess | best's tales of Prithi Raja | of DELHI's great love for Samyukta | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | |||
| 5 | tell | Prithi Raja | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | love | DELHI | for Samyukta | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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 tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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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