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Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 78

For one whole day the water-carrier sat on the throne; and the skin that had saved the King’s life was cut into little pieces and stamped into money by the Royal Mint.

Who acts: water carrier, skin · What happens: sit, save, cut, stamp · To what, where: throne, life, skin, little pieces, money

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 (water carrier, skin), 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

casenummodamodobldetcompoundpunctnsubjcasedetoblpunctccdetnsubj:passnsubjauxacl:relcldetnmod:posscaseobjaux:passparataxiscaseamodoblccconjcaseoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootForADPoneNUMwholeADJdayNOUNtheDETwaterNOUN-PUNCTcarrierNOUNsatVERBonADPtheDETthroneNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJtheDETskinNOUNthatPRONhadAUXsavedVERBtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTlifeNOUNwasAUXcutVERBintoADPlittleADJpiecesNOUNandCCONJstampedVERBintoADPmoneyNOUNbyADPtheDETRoyalADJMintPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForforADP_4 daycase
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 daynummod
3wholewholeADJDegree=Pos4 dayamod
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing9 satobl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 carrierdet
6waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing8 carriercompound
7--PUNCT_6 waterpunct
8carriercarrierNOUNNumber=Sing9 satnsubj
9satsitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10ononADP_12 thronecase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 thronedet
12thronethroneNOUNNumber=Sing9 satobl
13;;PUNCT_25 cutpunct
14andandCCONJ_25 cutcc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 skindet
16skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing25 cutnsubj:pass
17thatthatPRONPronType=Rel19 savednsubj
18hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 savedaux
19savedsaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part16 skinacl:relcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 Kingdet
21KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing23 lifenmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 Kingcase
23lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing19 savedobj
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 cutaux:pass
25cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 satparataxis
26intointoADP_28 piecescase
27littlelittleADJDegree=Pos28 piecesamod
28piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur25 cutobl
29andandCCONJ_30 stampedcc
30stampedstampVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 cutconj
31intointoADP_32 moneycase
32moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing30 stampedobl
33bybyADP_36 Mintcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 Mintdet
35RoyalRoyalADJDegree=Pos36 Mintamod
36MintMintPROPNNumber=Sing30 stampedobl
37..PUNCT_9 satpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpastthe water carrierthe thronedayvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location
2savepast · perfectthe skinthe King's lifevn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
3cutpast · passivethe skinlittle piecesvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into piece=Product
4stamppastmoneyby the Royal Mintvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent into money=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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