Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 6
She led them to battle, pitching her own tent in the place of greatest danger: she was generous and wise, and entirely forgetful of her woman’s self.
Who acts: Delhi, justice · What happens: lead, battle, pitch, be · To what, where: justice, own tent, place
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 (Delhi, justice), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 battle | mark |
| 5 | battle | battle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 led | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pitching | punct |
| 7 | pitching | pitch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 battle | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 tent | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tent | amod |
| 10 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pitching | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 place | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 place | det |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pitching | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 danger | case |
| 15 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 danger | amod |
| 16 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 place | nmod |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 generous | punct |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 generous | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 generous | cop |
| 20 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 led | parataxis |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 wise | cc |
| 22 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 generous | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 forgetful | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 forgetful | cc |
| 25 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 26 forgetful | advmod |
| 26 | forgetful | forgetful | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 generous | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 self | case |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 woman | nmod:poss |
| 29 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 self | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 woman | case |
| 31 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 forgetful | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | Delhi | justice | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 2 | battle | to-infinitive | justice not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pitch | gerund | justice not said here | Delhi's own tent | the place of greatest danger | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tent=Theme in place=Destination | |||
| 4 | is | past | Delhi | forgetful of Delhi's woman's self conj; generous property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | be | Delhi not said here | tree rules |
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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