Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 96
In the days when Ala-ud-din, the Moslem, ruled at Delhi, the beautiful rock-fortress Chittore was the capital of Rajputana, and brave Prince Bhimsi was regent for his nephew the Baby-King.
Who acts: Ala ud din, brave Bhimsi · What happens: rule, be · To what, where: Delhi, capital
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 (Ala ud din, brave Bhimsi), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 days | det |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 capital | obl |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 din | advmod |
| 5 | Ala | Ala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 din | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ala | punct |
| 7 | ud | ud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 din | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 ud | punct |
| 9 | din | din | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 capital | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Moslem | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Moslem | det |
| 12 | Moslem | Moslem | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 din | amod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ruled | punct |
| 14 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 Moslem | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 Delhi | case |
| 16 | Delhi | Delhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 ruled | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 fortress | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 fortress | det |
| 19 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 fortress | amod |
| 20 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 fortress | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 rock | punct |
| 22 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 din | conj |
| 23 | Chittore | Chittore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 fortress | appos |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 capital | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 capital | det |
| 26 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Rajputana | case |
| 28 | Rajputana | Rajputana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 capital | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 regent | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 regent | cc |
| 31 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 Bhimsi | amod |
| 32 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Bhimsi | nmod:desc |
| 33 | Bhimsi | Bhimsi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 regent | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 regent | cop |
| 35 | regent | regent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 capital | parataxis |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 nephew | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 38 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 regent | obl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 King | det |
| 40 | Baby | Baby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 King | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 Baby | punct |
| 42 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 nephew | appos |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 capital | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | participle | Ala ud din and the beautiful rock fortress not said here | Delhi | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | Ala ud din and the beautiful rock fortress | the capital | day | of Rajputana | tree rules | ||
| 3 | is | past | brave Bhimsi Prince | for Bhimsi's nephew; regent property | 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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