Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 114
So, for the camp of the enemy set forth a great procession of palanquins and mace-bearers; and Ala-ud-din was not afraid, for he knew that so great a lady might not be abroad without her waiting-women and her mistresses of the robes, and her mace-bearers and the slaves who did her bidding--one slave for each separate little duty of the care of her lovely person.
Who acts: enemy, Ala ud din, din, slaves, palanquins, lady · What happens: set, not be, know, do, proceed, bid · To what, where: great procession, bidding
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 (enemy, Ala ud din, din, slaves), 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 | _ | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 camp | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 camp | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 camp | det |
| 5 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 So | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 enemy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 enemy | det |
| 8 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 camp | nmod |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 enemy | acl |
| 10 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 9 set | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 procession | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 procession | amod |
| 13 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 set | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 palanquins | case |
| 15 | palanquins | palanquin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 procession | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 bearers | cc |
| 17 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bearers | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 mace | punct |
| 19 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 palanquins | conj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 afraid | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 afraid | cc |
| 22 | Ala | Ala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 din | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 Ala | punct |
| 24 | ud | ud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 din | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 ud | punct |
| 26 | din | din | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 afraid | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 afraid | cop |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 afraid | advmod |
| 29 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 camp | amod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 knew | punct |
| 31 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 33 knew | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 knew | nsubj |
| 33 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 afraid | conj |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 great | nsubj |
| 35 | so | so | ADV | _ | 36 great | advmod |
| 36 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 afraid | ccomp |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 lady | det |
| 38 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 might | nsubj |
| 39 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 great | conj |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 abroad | advmod |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 abroad | cop |
| 42 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 39 might | advmod |
| 43 | without | without | ADP | _ | 47 women | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 women | nmod:poss |
| 45 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 women | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 waiting | punct |
| 47 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 abroad | obl |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 mistresses | cc |
| 49 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 mistresses | nmod:poss |
| 50 | mistresses | mistress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 women | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 robes | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 robes | det |
| 53 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 mistresses | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 bearers | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 bearers | cc |
| 56 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 bearers | nmod:poss |
| 57 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 bearers | compound |
| 58 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 57 mace | punct |
| 59 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 afraid | obl |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 slaves | cc |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 slaves | det |
| 62 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 bearers | conj |
| 63 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 did | nsubj |
| 64 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 slaves | acl:relcl |
| 65 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 bidding | nmod:poss |
| 66 | bidding | bidding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 did | obj |
| 67 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 69 slave | punct |
| 68 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 69 slave | nummod |
| 69 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 bidding | conj |
| 70 | for | for | ADP | _ | 74 duty | case |
| 71 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 74 duty | det |
| 72 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 duty | amod |
| 73 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 duty | amod |
| 74 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 did | obl |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 care | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 care | det |
| 77 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 duty | nmod |
| 78 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 person | case |
| 79 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 81 person | nmod:poss |
| 80 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 81 person | amod |
| 81 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 care | nmod |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 camp | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | participle | the enemy not said here | a great procession of palanquins and mace bearers | forth property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient procession=Result | |||
| 2 | not is | past | Ala ud din | lady's mace bearers and the slaves obl; afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | past | din | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | not is | infinitive | without lady's waiting women and lady's mistresses of the robes; abroad property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do | past | the slaves | lady's bidding and one slave | for each separate little duty of the care of lady's lovely person | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | |||
| 7 | proceed | palanquins and mace bearers | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 8 | bid | lady | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | care | lady's lovely person | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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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