Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 76
On the great day the King came in state, with his mace bearers, and the men who called his titles, and the men who carried the State jewels, and the men who fanned him with great fans made of the green-blue eyes of a peacock’s tail.
Who acts: King, men · What happens: come, call, carry, fan, make, title · To what, where: state, titles, State jewels, KING, great fans · 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 (King, men), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 state | case |
| 9 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bearers | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 bearers | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 bearers | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bearers | compound |
| 14 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 came | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 called | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 called | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 men | det |
| 18 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 called | nsubj |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 called | nsubj |
| 20 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 titles | nmod:poss |
| 22 | titles | title | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 called | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 carried | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 carried | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 men | det |
| 26 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 carried | nsubj |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 carried | nsubj |
| 28 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 called | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 jewels | det |
| 30 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 jewels | compound |
| 31 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 carried | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 fanned | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 fanned | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 men | det |
| 35 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 fanned | nsubj |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 fanned | nsubj |
| 37 | fanned | fan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 carried | conj |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 fanned | obj |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 fans | case |
| 40 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 fans | amod |
| 41 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 fanned | obl |
| 42 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 fans | acl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 eyes | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 eyes | det |
| 45 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 blue | amod |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 green | punct |
| 47 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 eyes | amod |
| 48 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 made | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 tail | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 peacock | det |
| 51 | peacock | peacock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 tail | nmod:poss |
| 52 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 51 peacock | case |
| 53 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 eyes | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the King | state | day | with KING's mace bearers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location | ||
| 2 | call speech: assert | past | the men | KING's titles | who nsubj | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent title=Recipient | |||
| 3 | carry | past | the men | the State jewels | who nsubj | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | |||
| 4 | fan | past | the men | KING | with great fans; who nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | make | participle | great fans not said here | of the blue eyes of a peacock's tail | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 6 | title | KING | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=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: «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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