Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 115
And of all Drupada’s riches--treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls, strings of camels and horses and elephants, chariots of war and houses and slaves--he made two equal parts; and one part he gave to Drupada and one part he kept for himself, that he might begin the teaching of the way of friendship to the man who was not worthy to learn the way.
Who acts: Drupada, one part, man · What happens: make, give, keep, begin, not be, learn · To what, where: two equal parts, Drupada, one part, teaching, way, gold
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Drupada, one part, man), 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 | _ | 35 made | cc |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 riches | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Drupada | det |
| 4 | Drupada | Drupada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 riches | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 Drupada | case |
| 6 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 made | obl |
| 7 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 8 treasure | punct |
| 8 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 riches | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 gold | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 treasure | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 emeralds | cc |
| 12 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 gold | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 diamonds | cc |
| 14 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 emeralds | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 pearls | cc |
| 16 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 emeralds | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 strings | punct |
| 18 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 emeralds | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 camels | case |
| 20 | camels | camel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 strings | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 horses | cc |
| 22 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 camels | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 elephants | cc |
| 24 | elephants | elephant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 camels | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 chariots | punct |
| 26 | chariots | chariot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 camels | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 war | case |
| 28 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 chariots | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 houses | cc |
| 30 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 war | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 slaves | cc |
| 32 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 houses | conj |
| 33 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 6 riches | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 made | nsubj |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 parts | nummod |
| 37 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 parts | amod |
| 38 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 made | obj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 gave | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 gave | cc |
| 41 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 42 part | nummod |
| 42 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 gave | nsubj |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 gave | nsubj |
| 44 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 made | conj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 Drupada | case |
| 46 | Drupada | Drupada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 gave | obl |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 kept | cc |
| 48 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 49 part | nummod |
| 49 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 kept | obl:unmarked |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 kept | nsubj |
| 51 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 gave | conj |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 himself | case |
| 53 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 51 kept | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 begin | punct |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 begin | mark |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 begin | nsubj |
| 57 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 begin | aux |
| 58 | begin | begin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 kept | advcl |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 teaching | det |
| 60 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 begin | obj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 way | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 way | det |
| 63 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 teaching | nmod |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 friendship | case |
| 65 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 way | nmod |
| 66 | to | to | ADP | _ | 68 man | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 man | det |
| 68 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 begin | obl |
| 69 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 worthy | nsubj |
| 70 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 worthy | cop |
| 71 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 72 worthy | advmod |
| 72 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 man | acl:relcl |
| 73 | to | to | PART | _ | 74 learn | mark |
| 74 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 worthy | advcl |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 way | det |
| 76 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 learn | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 35 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Drupada | two equal parts | of all Drupada's riches and treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls and strings of camels and horses and elephants and chariots | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Product | |||
| 2 | give | past | one part | Drupada | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to drupada=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | keep | past | Drupada | one part | for Drupada | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | begin | might | Drupada | the teaching of the way of friendship | to the man | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | not is | past | the man | worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | learn | to-infinitive | the man not said here | the way | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | ||||
| 7 | treasure | gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls and strings of camels and horses and elephants and chariots of war and houses | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | teach | the way of friendship | nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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