Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 116
And Ala-ud-din said: “Ha! now will I have both the Prince and his bride!” and he ordered the palanquins to stop, thinking to make an easy capture of the prisoner whom he had just exchanged, among the palanquins of the women-folk.
Who acts: Ala ud din, din, palanquins · What happens: say, have, order, stop, think, make · To what, where: palanquins, easy capture, prisoner · 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 (Ala ud din, din, palanquins), 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 | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 2 | Ala | Ala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 din | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ala | punct |
| 4 | ud | ud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 din | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 ud | punct |
| 6 | din | din | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 have | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 have | punct |
| 10 | Ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 15 have | discourse |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ha | punct |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 have | advmod |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 have | aux |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 have | nsubj |
| 15 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 16 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 18 Prince | cc:preconj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Prince | det |
| 18 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 have | parataxis |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 bride | cc |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 bride | nmod:poss |
| 21 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Prince | conj |
| 22 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 have | punct |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 have | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 ordered | cc |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 ordered | nsubj |
| 26 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 palanquins | det |
| 28 | palanquins | palanquin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 ordered | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 stop | mark |
| 30 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 ordered | xcomp |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 thinking | punct |
| 32 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 stop | xcomp |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 make | mark |
| 34 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 thinking | ccomp |
| 35 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 capture | det |
| 36 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 capture | amod |
| 37 | capture | capture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 make | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 prisoner | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 prisoner | det |
| 40 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 capture | nmod |
| 41 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 exchanged | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 exchanged | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 exchanged | aux |
| 44 | just | just | ADV | _ | 45 exchanged | advmod |
| 45 | exchanged | exchange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 capture | acl:relcl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 palanquins | punct |
| 47 | among | among | ADP | _ | 49 palanquins | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 palanquins | det |
| 49 | palanquins | palanquin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 exchanged | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 women | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 women | det |
| 52 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 palanquins | nmod |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 folk | punct |
| 54 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 women | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | past | Ala ud din | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | future | Ala ud din = din | now | the Prince and din's bride parataxis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | order | past | din | the palanquins | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent palanquin=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive | the palanquins not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | the palanquins not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | make | to-infinitive | a easy capture of the prisoner | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset capture=Product | |||||
| 7 | exchange | past · perfect | din | a easy capture of the prisoner | among the palanquins of the women and folk | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | capture | the prisoner | nom capture «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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