Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 241
But the Madu maiden disliking his looks and tone, told him to get one of his servants to fetch water for him.
Who acts: Madu maiden · What happens: dislike, tell, get, fetch · To what, where: looks, prince, one, water · 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 (Madu maiden), 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 | _ | 11 told | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maiden | det |
| 3 | Madu | Madu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 maiden | compound |
| 4 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 told | nsubj |
| 5 | disliking | dislike | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 maiden | acl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 looks | nmod:poss |
| 7 | looks | look | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 disliking | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tone | cc |
| 9 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looks | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 maiden | punct |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 told | iobj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 get | mark |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 told | xcomp |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 get | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 servants | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 servants | nmod:poss |
| 18 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 one | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 fetch | mark |
| 20 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 get | advcl |
| 21 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 fetch | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 fetch | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dislike | gerund | the Madu maiden not said here | prince's looks and tone | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer look=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the Madu maiden | prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Madu maiden not said here | one of prince's servants | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | fetch | to-infinitive | the Madu maiden not said here | water | for prince | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Theme for he=Beneficiary |
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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