Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 5, sentence 23
But his messengers were so full of gladness that good King Death might return to the Earth once more, riding on his grey-black buffalo--for that was the meaning of Shiva’s message--that they were drunk with joy, and said the words wrongly.
Who acts: messengers, good King Death, that, message · What happens: be, return, ride, drink, say · To what, where: gladness, Earth, grey black buffalo, messengers, words · 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 (messengers, good King Death, that, message), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 full | cc |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 messengers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 full | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | cop |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 full | advmod |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gladness | case |
| 8 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 return | obj |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Death | amod |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Death | compound |
| 12 | Death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 return | nsubj |
| 13 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 return | aux |
| 14 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 gladness | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Earth | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Earth | det |
| 17 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 return | obl |
| 18 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 19 more | advmod |
| 19 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 return | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 riding | punct |
| 21 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 full | advcl |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 buffalo | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 buffalo | nmod:poss |
| 24 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 buffalo | amod |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 grey | punct |
| 26 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 buffalo | amod |
| 27 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 riding | obl |
| 28 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 33 meaning | punct |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 meaning | case |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 meaning | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 meaning | cop |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 meaning | det |
| 33 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 riding | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 message | case |
| 35 | Shiva | Shiva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 message | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 35 Shiva | case |
| 37 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 meaning | nmod |
| 38 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 42 drunk | punct |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 drunk | mark |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 drunk | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 drunk | aux:pass |
| 42 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 message | acl:relcl |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 joy | case |
| 44 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 drunk | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 said | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 said | cc |
| 47 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 words | det |
| 49 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 said | obj |
| 50 | wrongly | wrongly | ADV | _ | 47 said | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Shiva's messengers | of gladness; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | return | might | good King Death | gladness | the Earth | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme to earth=Destination | |||
| 3 | ride | gerund | Shiva's messengers not said here | Shiva's grey black buffalo | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | past | that | for the meaning; of Shiva's message | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | drink | past · passive | Shiva's message not said here | messengers = messenger | with joy | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Shiva's messengers not said here | the words | wrongly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
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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