Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Magadha and Rupvati., sentence 68
She was so pleased that she began cooking at once; and two maid-servants, whom she had never seen before helped her and swept the floor of the dining room and got baths ready for the Brahmans; when dinner was ready the newcomer called in the 108 other Brahmans and he and his two kinsmen served the dinner on leaves, which turned into gold plates when the guests touched them.
Who acts: Magadha, two maid servants, dinner, Brahman, leaves, guests · What happens: be, begin, cook, not see, help, sweep · To what, where: two maid servants, Magadha, floor, baths, newcomer, dinner · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Magadha and Rupvati.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Magadha, two maid servants, dinner, Brahman), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pleased | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 pleased | advmod |
| 4 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 began | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 began | nsubj |
| 7 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | advcl |
| 8 | cooking | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 began | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 cooking | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 helped | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 helped | cc |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 servants | nummod |
| 14 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 servants | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 maid | punct |
| 16 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 helped | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seen | punct |
| 18 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 seen | obl |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 seen | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 seen | aux |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 22 seen | advmod |
| 22 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 servants | acl:relcl |
| 23 | before | before | ADV | _ | 22 seen | advmod |
| 24 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | parataxis |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 helped | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 swept | cc |
| 27 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 helped | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 floor | det |
| 29 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 swept | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 room | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 room | det |
| 32 | dining | dining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 room | compound |
| 33 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 floor | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 got | cc |
| 35 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 swept | conj |
| 36 | baths | bath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 got | obj |
| 37 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 got | xcomp |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 Brahmans | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Brahmans | det |
| 40 | Brahmans | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 37 ready | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 ready | punct |
| 42 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 45 ready | advmod |
| 43 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 ready | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 ready | cop |
| 45 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pleased | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 newcomer | det |
| 47 | newcomer | newcomer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 ready | nsubj |
| 48 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 newcomer | acl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 Brahmans | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Brahmans | det |
| 51 | 108 | 108 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 53 Brahmans | nummod |
| 52 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 Brahmans | amod |
| 53 | Brahmans | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 48 called | xcomp |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 served | cc |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 served | nsubj |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 served | cc |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 kinsmen | nmod:poss |
| 58 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 59 kinsmen | nummod |
| 59 | kinsmen | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 served | nsubj |
| 60 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 Brahmans | conj |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 dinner | det |
| 62 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 served | obj |
| 63 | on | on | ADP | _ | 64 leaves | case |
| 64 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 served | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 turned | punct |
| 66 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 67 turned | nsubj |
| 67 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 leaves | acl:relcl |
| 68 | into | into | ADP | _ | 70 plates | case |
| 69 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 plates | compound |
| 70 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 turned | obl |
| 71 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 74 touched | advmod |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 guests | det |
| 73 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 touched | nsubj |
| 74 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 turned | advcl |
| 75 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 touched | obj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pleased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Magadha | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | begin | past | Magadha | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | cook | gerund | Magadha not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | not see | past · perfect | Magadha | two maid servants | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | help | past | two maid servants | Magadha | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | sweep | past | two maid servants not said here | the floor of the dining room | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | get | past | two maid servants not said here | baths | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bath=Stimulus | |||
| 8 | is | past | dinner | the newcomer nsubj; ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | call | participle | the newcomer not said here | the 108 other Brahmans xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | serve | past | Brahman | the dinner | leaves | Brahman's two kinsmen nsubj | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Attribute | ||
| 11 | turn | past | leaves | gold plates | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plate=Trajectory | ||||
| 12 | touch | past | the guests | newcomers = newcomer | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
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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