Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 47
To his daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana were given gold plates full of gems, trays of coins, and nine different kinds of stuff chosen for each lady by Baber himself--“uplifting us with pride”, says his daughter.
Who acts: nine different kinds, daughter · What happens: give, be, choose, uplift, say · To what, where: given gold plates, stuff, us · 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 (nine different kinds, daughter), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 daughters | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 3 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 plates | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 aunts | cc |
| 5 | aunts | aunt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 daughters | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 princesses | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princesses | det |
| 8 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 daughters | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 zenana | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 zenana | det |
| 11 | zenana | zenana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 princesses | nmod |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 plates | cop |
| 13 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 plates | amod |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 plates | compound |
| 15 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 says | ccomp |
| 16 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 plates | amod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 gems | case |
| 18 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 full | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 trays | punct |
| 20 | trays | tray | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 gems | conj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 coins | case |
| 22 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 trays | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 kinds | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 kinds | cc |
| 25 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 kinds | nummod |
| 26 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 kinds | amod |
| 27 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 plates | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 stuff | case |
| 29 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 kinds | nmod |
| 30 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 stuff | acl |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 lady | case |
| 32 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 lady | det |
| 33 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 chosen | obl |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 Baber | case |
| 35 | Baber | Baber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 chosen | obl |
| 36 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 Baber | nmod |
| 37 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 uplifting | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 uplifting | punct |
| 39 | uplifting | uplift | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 kinds | acl |
| 40 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 uplifting | obj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 pride | case |
| 42 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 uplifting | obl |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 uplifting | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 says | punct |
| 45 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 47 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 says | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 45 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | given gold plates and nine different kinds of stuff | to tale's daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana; nine different kinds of stuff conj | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | choose | participle | stuff not said here | for each lady; by Baber tale | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lady=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | uplift in a quote | gerund | nine different kinds of stuff not said here | us | with pride | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | present | tale's daughter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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