Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Swami Vankhandi of Sadh Belo., sentence 19
The Maharaja saw that he had been deceived by the wicked Gusai and drove him from the town; then he asked for the pardon and blessing of Swami Vankhandi.
Who acts: Maharaja, wicked Gusai · What happens: see, deceive, drive, ask, bless · To what, where: Maharaja, town, Swami · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Swami Vankhandi of Sadh Belo.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maharaja, wicked Gusai), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Maharaja | det |
| 2 | Maharaja | Maharaja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 deceived | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 deceived | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 deceived | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 deceived | aux:pass |
| 8 | deceived | deceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 saw | ccomp |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Gusai | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Gusai | det |
| 11 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Gusai | amod |
| 12 | Gusai | Gusai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 deceived | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drove | cc |
| 14 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 drove | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 town | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 town | det |
| 18 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drove | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 asked | punct |
| 20 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 asked | advmod |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 asked | nsubj |
| 22 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 pardon | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 pardon | det |
| 25 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 asked | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 blessing | cc |
| 27 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 pardon | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Swami | case |
| 29 | Swami | Swami | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 blessing | nmod |
| 30 | Vankhandi | Vankhandi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Swami | flat |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Maharaja | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | deceive | past · perfect · passive | the wicked Gusai | Maharaja | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | drive | past | the Maharaja not said here | Maharaja | the town | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from town=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | Maharaja | then | for the pardon and blessing of Swami | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | bless | Swami | nom blessing «act transitive»: 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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