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Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 38

And day after day Jattayu ranged the air, marshalling his bird-armies, or settling disputes, or swooping down on the things which he sought for food--for all the bird-people belonged to Jattayu, and owed him allegiance even with their lives, if so he should desire.

Who acts: Jattayu, things, bird people, spot · What happens: range, marshall, settle, swoop down, seek, belong · To what, where: air, bird armies, disputes, things, Jattayu, allegiance

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 (Jattayu, things, bird people, spot), 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

ccobl:unmarkedcasenmodnsubjdetobjpunctadvclnmod:posscompoundpunctobjpunctccconjobjpunctccconjadvmodcasedetoblnsubjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctmarkdet:predetdetcompoundpunctnsubjconjcaseoblpunctccparataxisiobjobjadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctmarkadvmodnsubjauxconjpunctrootAndCCONJdayNOUNafterADPdayNOUNJattayuPROPNrangedVERBtheDETairNOUN,PUNCTmarshallingVERBhisPRONbirdNOUN-PUNCTarmiesNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJsettlingVERBdisputesNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJswoopingVERBdownADVonADPtheDETthingsNOUNwhichPRONhePRONsoughtVERBforADPfoodNOUN--PUNCTforSCONJallDETtheDETbirdNOUN-PUNCTpeopleNOUNbelongedVERBtoADPJattayuPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJowedVERBhimPRONallegianceNOUNevenADVwithADPtheirPRONlivesNOUN,PUNCTifSCONJsoADVhePRONshouldAUXdesireVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_6 rangedcc
2daydayNOUNNumber=Sing6 rangedobl:unmarked
3afterafterADP_4 daycase
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 daynmod
5JattayuJattayuPROPNNumber=Sing6 rangednsubj
6rangedrangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 airdet
8airairNOUNNumber=Sing6 rangedobj
9,,PUNCT_10 marshallingpunct
10marshallingmarshallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 rangedadvcl
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 armiesnmod:poss
12birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing14 armiescompound
13--PUNCT_12 birdpunct
14armiesarmyNOUNNumber=Plur10 marshallingobj
15,,PUNCT_17 settlingpunct
16ororCCONJ_17 settlingcc
17settlingsettleVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 marshallingconj
18disputesdisputeNOUNNumber=Plur17 settlingobj
19,,PUNCT_21 swoopingpunct
20ororCCONJ_21 swoopingcc
21swoopingswoopVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 marshallingconj
22downdownADV_21 swoopingadvmod
23ononADP_25 thingscase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 thingsdet
25thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur21 swoopingobl
26whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel28 soughtnsubj
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 soughtnsubj
28soughtseekVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 thingsacl:relcl
29forforADP_30 foodcase
30foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing28 soughtobl
31----PUNCT_38 belongedpunct
32forforSCONJ_38 belongedmark
33allallDETPronType=Tot37 peopledet:predet
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 peopledet
35birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing37 peoplecompound
36--PUNCT_35 birdpunct
37peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur38 belongednsubj
38belongedbelongVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 rangedconj
39totoADP_40 Jattayucase
40JattayuJattayuPROPNNumber=Sing38 belongedobl
41,,PUNCT_43 owedpunct
42andandCCONJ_43 owedcc
43owedoweVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 rangedparataxis
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 owediobj
45allegianceallegianceNOUNNumber=Sing43 owedobj
46evenevenADV_49 livesadvmod
47withwithADP_49 livescase
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 livesnmod:poss
49liveslifeNOUNNumber=Plur43 owedobl
50,,PUNCT_55 desirepunct
51ififSCONJ_55 desiremark
52sosoADV_55 desireadvmod
53hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs55 desirensubj
54shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin55 desireaux
55desiredesireVERBVerbForm=Inf43 owedconj
56..PUNCT_6 rangedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rangepastJattayuthe airdayvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location air=Theme
2marshallgerundJattayu not said herespot's bird armiestree rules
3settlegerundJattayu not said heredisputesvn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme dispute=Location
4swoop downgerundJattayu not said herethe thingsdown propertytree rules
5seekpastthe thingsfor food; spot nsubjvn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme
6belongpastall bird peopleJattayuvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
7owepastallegiancespotwith Jattayu's livesvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal allegiance=Theme
8desireshouldspotvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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