Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Makli Hill., sentence 82
Yet brave as he was, he had at last to kiss the stirrup of the world conqueror, was graciously received and confirmed as imperial governor of Tatta.
Who acts: Beg · What happens: be, have, kiss, receive, confirm · To what, where: stirrup
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Makli Hill.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beg), 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 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 2 brave | cc |
| 2 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 was | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 was | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 had | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 was | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 had | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 brave | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 last | case |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 had | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 kiss | mark |
| 12 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 last | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stirrup | det |
| 14 | stirrup | stirrup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kiss | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 conqueror | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 conqueror | det |
| 17 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 conqueror | compound |
| 18 | conqueror | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stirrup | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 received | punct |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 received | aux:pass |
| 21 | graciously | graciously | ADV | _ | 22 received | advmod |
| 22 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 had | parataxis |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 confirmed | cc |
| 24 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 received | conj |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 governor | case |
| 26 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 governor | amod |
| 27 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 confirmed | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Tatta | case |
| 29 | Tatta | Tatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 governor | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 brave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | Beg | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Beg | last property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | kiss | to-infinitive | Beg not said here | the stirrup of the world conqueror | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stirrup=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | receive | past · passive | graciously property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 5 | confirm | participle | as imperial governor of Tatta | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
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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