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Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 276

The prime-minister, respected above all for his age and wisdom and for his faithful service of the late king, put before his colleagues the brass plate of King Amrai and proposed that they should take instant steps to seize the person of Dalu Rai and put his newly born son on the throne.

Who acts: ministers, Banbho · What happens: respect, put, propose, take, seize, bear · To what, where: prime minister, all, colleagues, instant steps, person, born son

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 (ministers, Banbho), 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

detamodpunctnsubj:passpunctcaseoblcasenmod:possoblccconjcccasenmod:possamodconjcasedetamodnmodpunctparataxiscasenmod:possobldetcompoundapposcasecompoundnmodccconjmarknsubjauxccompamodobjmarkadvcldetobjcasenmodflatccconjnmod:possadvmodamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETprimeADJ-PUNCTministerNOUN,PUNCTrespectedVERBaboveADPallDETforADPhisPRONageNOUNandCCONJwisdomNOUNandCCONJforADPhisPRONfaithfulADJserviceNOUNofADPtheDETlateADJkingNOUN,PUNCTputVERBbeforeADPhisPRONcolleaguesNOUNtheDETbrassNOUNplateNOUNofADPKingPROPNAmraiPROPNandCCONJproposedVERBthatSCONJtheyPRONshouldAUXtakeVERBinstantADJstepsNOUNtoPARTseizeVERBtheDETpersonNOUNofADPDaluPROPNRaiPROPNandCCONJputVERBhisPRONnewlyADVbornVERBsonNOUNonADPtheDETthroneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 ministerdet
2primeprimeADJDegree=Pos4 ministeramod
3--PUNCT_2 primepunct
4ministerministerNOUNNumber=Sing6 respectednsubj:pass
5,,PUNCT_6 respectedpunct
6respectedrespectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7aboveaboveADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot6 respectedobl
9forforADP_11 agecase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 agenmod:poss
11ageageNOUNNumber=Sing6 respectedobl
12andandCCONJ_13 wisdomcc
13wisdomwisdomNOUNNumber=Sing11 ageconj
14andandCCONJ_18 servicecc
15forforADP_18 servicecase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 servicenmod:poss
17faithfulfaithfulADJDegree=Pos18 serviceamod
18serviceserviceNOUNNumber=Sing11 ageconj
19ofofADP_22 kingcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 kingdet
21latelateADJDegree=Pos22 kingamod
22kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing18 servicenmod
23,,PUNCT_24 putpunct
24putputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin6 respectedparataxis
25beforebeforeADP_27 colleaguescase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 colleaguesnmod:poss
27colleaguescolleagueNOUNNumber=Plur24 putobl
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 platedet
29brassbrassNOUNNumber=Sing30 platecompound
30plateplateNOUNNumber=Sing27 colleaguesappos
31ofofADP_33 Amraicase
32KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing33 Amraicompound
33AmraiAmraiPROPNNumber=Sing30 platenmod
34andandCCONJ_35 proposedcc
35proposedproposeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 respectedconj
36thatthatSCONJ_39 takemark
37theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 takensubj
38shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin39 takeaux
39taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf35 proposedccomp
40instantinstantADJDegree=Pos41 stepsamod
41stepsstepNOUNNumber=Plur39 takeobj
42totoPART_43 seizemark
43seizeseizeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 takeadvcl
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 persondet
45personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing43 seizeobj
46ofofADP_47 Dalucase
47DaluDaluPROPNNumber=Sing45 personnmod
48RaiRaiPROPNNumber=Sing47 Daluflat
49andandCCONJ_50 putcc
50putputVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 proposedconj
51hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 sonnmod:poss
52newlynewlyADV_53 bornadvmod
53bornbearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass54 sonamod
54sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing50 putobj
55ononADP_57 thronecase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 thronedet
57thronethroneNOUNNumber=Sing50 putobl
58..PUNCT_6 respectedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1respectparticiple · passivethe prime ministerallfor Banbho's age and wisdom and Banbho's faithful service of the late kingvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for age=Attribute
2putinfinitiveBanbho's colleaguesvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before colleague=Destination
3proposepastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4takeshouldministers = ministerinstant stepsvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme
5seizeto-infinitiveministers = minister not said herethe person of Daluvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
6putpastBanbho's born sonthe thronevn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme on throne=Destination
7bearparticiplenewly propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
8serviceBanbhothe late kingnom service «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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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