Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 2

So renowned was Makhdum Niamat Ullah that an ancient fakir more than a hundred years old and known as La Ikhtyar or the Independent One was so affected by the stories told of the saintly Makhdum Niamat Ullah, that he gave up his independent life and went to Torio in the Hala taluka on the chance of seeing the object of his admiration.

Who acts: stories, renowned Makhdum Ullah, fakir, chance, Ullah · What happens: be, know, affect, tell, give up, go · To what, where: renowned Makhdum Ullah, ancient fakir, independent life, Torio, Hala taluka, object · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stories, renowned Makhdum Ullah, fakir, chance), 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 renowned	advmod
2	renowned	renowned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Ullah	amod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Ullah	cop
4	Makhdum	Makhdum	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ullah	compound
5	Niamat	Niamat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Makhdum	flat
6	Ullah	Ullah	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 told	nsubj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 affected	mark
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fakir	det
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fakir	amod
10	fakir	fakir	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 affected	nsubj:pass
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	14 hundred	advmod
12	than	than	ADP	_	11 more	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hundred	det
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 old	obl:unmarked
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fakir	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 known	cc
18	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 old	conj
19	as	as	ADP	_	20 La	case
20	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 known	obl
21	Ikhtyar	Ikhtyar	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 La	flat
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 One	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 One	det
24	Independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 One	amod
25	One	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 La	conj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 affected	aux:pass
27	so	so	ADV	_	28 affected	advmod
28	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Ullah	advcl
29	by	by	ADP	_	31 stories	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 stories	det
31	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 affected	obl:agent
32	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
33	of	of	ADP	_	38 Ullah	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Ullah	det
35	saintly	saintly	ADV	_	37 Niamat	advmod
36	Makhdum	Makhdum	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Niamat	compound
37	Niamat	Niamat	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 Ullah	compound
38	Ullah	Ullah	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 told	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 gave	punct
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 gave	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 gave	nsubj
42	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 told	parataxis
43	up	up	ADP	_	42 gave	compound:prt
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 life	nmod:poss
45	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 life	amod
46	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 gave	obj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 went	cc
48	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 gave	conj
49	to	to	ADP	_	50 Torio	case
50	Torio	Torio	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 went	obl
51	in	in	ADP	_	54 taluka	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 taluka	det
53	Hala	Hala	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 taluka	compound
54	taluka	taluka	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 went	obl
55	on	on	ADP	_	57 chance	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 chance	det
57	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 went	obl
58	of	of	SCONJ	_	59 seeing	mark
59	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 chance	acl
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 object	det
61	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 seeing	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 admiration	case
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 admiration	nmod:poss
64	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 object	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	32 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		renowned Makhdum Ullah				tree rules
2	know	participle	the stories not said here				as La or the Independent One	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as la=Attribute
3	affect	past · passive	the stories	a ancient fakir				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
4	tell speech: assert	past	renowned Makhdum Ullah				of the Niamat Ullah	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	give up	past	fakir	Ullah's independent life				vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Source
6	go	past	fakir not said here		Torio	the Hala taluka	on the chance	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to torio=Initial_Location
7	see	gerund	the chance not said here	the object of Ullah's admiration				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus
8	admire		Ullah					nom admiration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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: «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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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Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 2