Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 5, sentence 22
And, “Let the old tired leaves fall from the trees,” said Shiva the god, and turned to other business.
Who acts: old tired leaves, Shiva · What happens: let, fall, say, turn · To what, where: trees, other business · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old tired leaves, Shiva), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Let | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Let | punct |
| 3 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Let | punct |
| 4 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 leaves | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 leaves | amod |
| 7 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 leaves | amod |
| 8 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fall | nsubj |
| 9 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Let | parataxis |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 trees | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 trees | det |
| 12 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fall | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fall | punct |
| 14 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Let | punct |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | Shiva | Shiva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 said | nsubj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 god | det |
| 18 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | nsubj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 turned | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 turned | cc |
| 21 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 business | case |
| 23 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 business | amod |
| 24 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 turned | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | present | the old tired leaves | the trees | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Shiva | the god nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | turn | past | Shiva not said here | other business | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to business=Trajectory |
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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