Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 112
So in concert with her nobles, she arranged that word should be sent to Ala-ud-din that she was coming, as he commanded, to release her lord: but that she craved a few minutes’ speech of her lord, before parting with him for ever.
Who acts: lady, Word, few minutes · What happens: arrange, send, come, command, release, crave · To what, where: concert, word, Ala ud din, lord, speech · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, Word, few minutes), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 9 arranged | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 concert | case |
| 3 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arranged | obl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 nobles | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 nobles | nmod:poss |
| 6 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 concert | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 concert | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 arranged | nsubj |
| 9 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 word | det |
| 11 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 sent | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 sent | aux:pass |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 arranged | parataxis |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 din | case |
| 16 | Ala | Ala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 din | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Ala | punct |
| 18 | ud | ud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 din | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 ud | punct |
| 20 | din | din | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | obl |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 coming | mark |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 coming | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 coming | aux |
| 24 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 din | acl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 commanded | punct |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 commanded | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 commanded | nsubj |
| 28 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 sent | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 release | punct |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 release | mark |
| 31 | release | release | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 28 commanded | parataxis |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 lord | nmod:poss |
| 33 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 release | obj |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 craved | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 craved | cc |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 craved | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 craved | nsubj |
| 38 | craved | crave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 arranged | conj |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 minutes | det |
| 40 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 minutes | amod |
| 41 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 speech | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 41 minutes | case |
| 43 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 craved | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 lord | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 lord | nmod:poss |
| 46 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 speech | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 parting | punct |
| 48 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 49 parting | mark |
| 49 | parting | part | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 craved | advcl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 him | case |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 parting | obl |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 ever | case |
| 53 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 49 parting | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 arranged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrange | past | lady | concert with lady's nobles | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in concert=Destination | ||||
| 2 | send | should · passive | that word | Ala ud din | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to din=Destination | ||||
| 3 | come | past · progressive | lady | Ala ud din not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location din=Theme | ||||
| 4 | command | past | Word | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | release | to-infinitive | lady's lord | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer lord=Source | |||||
| 6 | crave | past | lady | a few minutes's speech of lady's lord | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot speech=Theme | ||||
| 7 | part | gerund | lady not said here | with Word | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with he=Co-Patient | ||||
| 8 | speak | a few minutes | lady's lord | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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