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Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Kutteji Kabar and Mausum Shah., sentence 43

He set to work, collected stones and coolies and before the Hindu lady was very much older, she saw to her horror a splendid minaret rising above the ground.

Who acts: Musulman, Hindu lady, lady, splendid minaret · What happens: set, work, collect, be, see, rise · To what, where: stones, ground

This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Kutteji Kabar and Mausum Shah.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Musulman, Hindu lady, lady, splendid minaret), 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

nsubjmarkxcomppunctparataxisobjccconjccmarkdetamodnsubjcopadvmodadvmodconjpunctnsubjconjcasenmod:possobldetamodapposaclcasedetoblpunctrootHePRONsetVERBtoPARTworkVERB,PUNCTcollectedVERBstonesNOUNandCCONJcooliesNOUNandCCONJbeforeSCONJtheDETHinduADJladyNOUNwasAUXveryADVmuchADVolderADJ,PUNCTshePRONsawVERBtoADPherPRONhorrorNOUNaDETsplendidADJminaretNOUNrisingVERBaboveADPtheDETgroundNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 setnsubj
2setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 workmark
4workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf2 setxcomp
5,,PUNCT_6 collectedpunct
6collectedcollectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 setparataxis
7stonesstoneNOUNNumber=Plur6 collectedobj
8andandCCONJ_9 cooliescc
9cooliescoolieNOUNNumber=Plur7 stonesconj
10andandCCONJ_18 oldercc
11beforebeforeSCONJ_18 oldermark
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 ladydet
13HinduhinduADJDegree=Pos14 ladyamod
14ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing18 oldernsubj
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 oldercop
16veryveryADV_17 muchadvmod
17muchmuchADV_18 olderadvmod
18olderoldADJDegree=Cmp7 stonesconj
19,,PUNCT_21 sawpunct
20sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 sawnsubj
21sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 setconj
22totoADP_24 horrorcase
23herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 horrornmod:poss
24horrorhorrorNOUNNumber=Sing21 sawobl
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 minaretdet
26splendidsplendidADJDegree=Pos27 minaretamod
27minaretminaretNOUNNumber=Sing24 horrorappos
28risingriseVERBVerbForm=Ger27 minaretacl
29aboveaboveADP_31 groundcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 grounddet
31groundgroundNOUNNumber=Sing28 risingobl
32..PUNCT_2 setpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1setpastMusulmantree rules
2workto-infinitiveMusulman not said herevn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3collectpaststones and cooliesvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
4ispastthe Hindu ladyold propertytree rules
5seepastladyto lady's horrorvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6risegerunda splendid minaret not said herethe groundvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above ground=Location

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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