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Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 25

There was a Moghul boy-king, who fought his first battle when he was twelve years of age, and he won it, as he says himself, “thanks to the distinguished valour of my young soldiers”.

Who acts: Moghul boy king, king · What happens: be, fight, win, say, battle · To what, where: first battle, twelve years, battle, king · 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 (Moghul boy king, king), 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

expldetcompoundcompoundpunctnsubjpunctnsubjacl:relclnmod:possamodobjadvmodnsubjcopnummodoblcasenmodpunctccnsubjparataxisobjpunctmarknsubjconjobjpunctpunctoblcasedetamodnmodcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctpunctrootTherePRONwasVERBaDETMoghulPROPNboyNOUN-PUNCTkingNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONfoughtVERBhisPRONfirstADJbattleNOUNwhenADVhePRONwasAUXtwelveNUMyearsNOUNofADPageNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONwonVERBitPRON,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONsaysVERBhimselfPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTthanksNOUNtoADPtheDETdistinguishedADJvalourNOUNofADPmyPRONyoungADJsoldiersNOUN”PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 wasexpl
2wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 kingdet
4MoghulMoghulPROPNNumber=Sing7 kingcompound
5boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing7 kingcompound
6--PUNCT_5 boypunct
7kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing2 wasnsubj
8,,PUNCT_10 foughtpunct
9whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 foughtnsubj
10foughtfightVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 kingacl:relcl
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 battlenmod:poss
12firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord13 battleamod
13battlebattleNOUNNumber=Sing10 foughtobj
14whenwhenADVPronType=Int18 yearsadvmod
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 yearsnsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 yearscop
17twelvetwelveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 yearsnummod
18yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur10 foughtobl
19ofofADP_20 agecase
20ageageNOUNNumber=Sing18 yearsnmod
21,,PUNCT_24 wonpunct
22andandCCONJ_24 woncc
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 wonnsubj
24wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wasparataxis
25ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 wonobj
26,,PUNCT_29 sayspunct
27asasSCONJ_29 saysmark
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 saysnsubj
29sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 wonconj
30himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes29 saysobj
31,,PUNCT_33 thankspunct
32“"PUNCT_33 thankspunct
33thanksthanksNOUNNumber=Sing29 saysobl
34totoADP_37 valourcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 valourdet
36distinguisheddistinguishedADJDegree=Pos37 valouramod
37valourvalourNOUNNumber=Sing33 thanksnmod
38ofofADP_41 soldierscase
39mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 soldiersnmod:poss
40youngyoungADJDegree=Pos41 soldiersamod
41soldierssoldierNOUNNumber=Plur37 valournmod
42”"PUNCT_33 thankspunct
43..PUNCT_2 waspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepasta Moghul boy kingtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2fightpasta Moghul boy kingking's first battlevn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent
3is apastkingtwelve yearsof agetree rules
4winpastkingbattlevn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
5say speech: assertpresentkingkingthanks to the distinguished valour of my young soldiers oblvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent himself=Topic
6battlekingnom battle «act transitive»: poss=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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