Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 118
Forth from every palanquin streamed the bravest of Chittore’s Rajput knights--the very palanquin-bearers were warriors: and they fought and routed Ala-ud-din and his hosts, and carried their Prince and his lady safely to the palace of their fortress home.
Who acts: palanquin bearers, bearers · What happens: stream, be, fight, rout, carry · To what, where: bravest, palanquin, warriors, Ala ud din, Prince, palace
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 (palanquin bearers, bearers), 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 | Forth | forth | ADV | _ | 5 streamed | advmod |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 palanquin | case |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 palanquin | det |
| 4 | palanquin | palanquin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 streamed | obl |
| 5 | streamed | stream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bravest | det |
| 7 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 streamed | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 knights | case |
| 9 | Chittore | Chittore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 knights | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 Chittore | case |
| 11 | Rajput | Rajput | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 knights | compound |
| 12 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bravest | nmod |
| 13 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 20 warriors | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 bearers | det |
| 15 | very | very | ADV | _ | 16 palanquin | advmod |
| 16 | palanquin | palanquin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bearers | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 palanquin | punct |
| 18 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 warriors | nsubj |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 warriors | cop |
| 20 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 streamed | obl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 fought | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 fought | cc |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 fought | nsubj |
| 24 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 streamed | conj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 routed | cc |
| 26 | routed | rout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 fought | conj |
| 27 | Ala | Ala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 din | compound |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 Ala | punct |
| 29 | ud | ud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 din | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 ud | punct |
| 31 | din | din | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 routed | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 hosts | cc |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 hosts | nmod:poss |
| 34 | hosts | host | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 din | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 carried | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 carried | cc |
| 37 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 streamed | conj |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 Prince | nmod:poss |
| 39 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 carried | obj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 lady | cc |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 lady | nmod:poss |
| 42 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Prince | conj |
| 43 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 37 carried | advmod |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 palace | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 palace | det |
| 46 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 carried | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 fortress | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 fortress | nmod:poss |
| 49 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 palace | nmod |
| 50 | home | home | ADV | _ | 37 carried | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 streamed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stream | past | the bravest of Chittore's Rajput knights | every palanquin | forth property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brave=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | past | the palanquin bearers | warriors | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fight | past | bearers = bearer | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | rout | past | bearers = bearer not said here | Ala ud din and din's hosts | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | carry | past | palanquins's Prince and din's lady | the palace of palanquins's fortress | home, safely property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to palace=Destination |
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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