Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 168
Now, on a Friday morning when all the men worshippers, in their beautiful white garments, had assembled at the Mosque for the weekly prayer, Raziya made herself brave to go among them dressed in a veil of the Prophet’s green--a figure whom none could miss.
Who acts: Raziya, none · What happens: assemble, make, go, dress, miss · To what, where: men worshippers, Mosque, Raziya, veil, figure
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 (Raziya, none), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 morning | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 morning | det |
| 5 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 morning | compound |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Now | obl |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 worshippers | advmod |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 worshippers | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 worshippers | det |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 worshippers | compound |
| 11 | worshippers | worshipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 morning | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 garments | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 garments | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 garments | nmod:poss |
| 15 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 garments | amod |
| 16 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 garments | amod |
| 17 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 worshippers | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 assembled | punct |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 assembled | aux |
| 20 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 worshippers | acl |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Mosque | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Mosque | det |
| 23 | Mosque | Mosque | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 assembled | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 prayer | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 prayer | det |
| 26 | weekly | weekly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 prayer | amod |
| 27 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 assembled | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 made | punct |
| 29 | Raziya | Raziya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 made | nsubj |
| 30 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 assembled | parataxis |
| 31 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 made | obj |
| 32 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 made | xcomp |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 go | mark |
| 34 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 brave | xcomp |
| 35 | among | among | ADP | _ | 36 them | case |
| 36 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 go | obl |
| 37 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 go | xcomp |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 veil | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 veil | det |
| 40 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 dressed | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 green | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Prophet | det |
| 43 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 green | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 43 Prophet | case |
| 45 | green | green | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 veil | nmod |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 48 figure | punct |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 figure | det |
| 48 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 made | obl |
| 49 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 miss | obj |
| 50 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 52 miss | nsubj |
| 51 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 miss | aux |
| 52 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 figure | ccomp |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assemble | past · perfect | all men worshippers and worshippers's beautiful white garments not said here | the Mosque | for the weekly prayer | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | past | Raziya | Raziya | a figure obl; brave property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Product | |||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | Raziya not said here | among worshippers = worshipper | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | dress | participle | Raziya not said here | a veil of the Prophet's green | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | miss | could | none | a figure | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
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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