Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 73
But the Queen said, “She is a son;” and so great was her faith that she prevailed on the King to proclaim the child a son, and to perform the son-ceremonies.
Who acts: Queen · What happens: say, be, prevail, proclaim, perform · To what, where: son, great faith, child, son ceremonies · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 6 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 7 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 son | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 son | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 son | det |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 great | cc |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 great | advmod |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 faith | amod |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 faith | cop |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 faith | nmod:poss |
| 18 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 prevailed | mark |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 prevailed | nsubj |
| 21 | prevailed | prevail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | advcl |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 King | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 King | det |
| 24 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 prevailed | obl |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 proclaim | mark |
| 26 | proclaim | proclaim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 prevailed | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 child | det |
| 28 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 proclaim | obj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 son | det |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 proclaim | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 perform | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 perform | cc |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 perform | mark |
| 34 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 ceremonies | det |
| 36 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 ceremonies | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 son | punct |
| 38 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 perform | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Queen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Queen | a son | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | Queen's great faith | Queen nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | prevail | past | Queen | on the King | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on king=Location | ||||
| 5 | proclaim | to-infinitive | Queen not said here | the child | a son obj | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme son=Attribute | |||
| 6 | perform | to-infinitive | the Queen not said here | the son ceremonies | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme |
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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