Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Magadha and Rupvati., sentence 84
Rupvati in order to humble poor Magadha still more, had on the same day asked another 108 Brahmans to dinner, intending to give them a splendid feast and get their blessing, while poor Magadha fell under the curses of her 108 guests.
Who acts: Rupvati, poor Magadha, ceremonies · What happens: have, ask, intend, give, get, fall · To what, where: 108 Brahmans, splendid feast, ceremonies, blessing, curses, 108 guests
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 (Rupvati, poor Magadha, ceremonies), 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 | Rupvati | Rupvati | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 order | case |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rupvati | nmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Magadha | case |
| 5 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Magadha | amod |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Magadha | amod |
| 7 | Magadha | Magadha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 order | nmod |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 more | advmod |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 Magadha | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rupvati | punct |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 14 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 day | amod |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 asked | obl |
| 16 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 had | parataxis |
| 17 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 19 Brahmans | det |
| 18 | 108 | 108 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 Brahmans | nummod |
| 19 | Brahmans | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 asked | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 dinner | mark |
| 21 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Brahmans | advcl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 intending | punct |
| 23 | intending | intend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 asked | advcl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 give | mark |
| 25 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 intending | xcomp |
| 26 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 give | iobj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 feast | det |
| 28 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 feast | amod |
| 29 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 give | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 get | cc |
| 31 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 give | conj |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 blessing | nmod:poss |
| 33 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 get | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 fell | punct |
| 35 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 38 fell | mark |
| 36 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 Magadha | amod |
| 37 | Magadha | Magadha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 fell | nsubj |
| 38 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 asked | parataxis |
| 39 | under | under | ADP | _ | 41 curses | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 curses | det |
| 41 | curses | curse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 fell | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 guests | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 guests | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 108 | 108 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 45 guests | nummod |
| 45 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 curses | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Rupvati in order to humble poor Magadha | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | another 108 Brahmans dinner | day | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brahman=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | intend | gerund | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | a splendid feast | ceremonies = ceremony | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient feast=Theme | ||||
| 5 | get | infinitive | ceremonies's blessing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | fall | past | poor Magadha | the curses of Magadha's 108 guests | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under curse=Location | ||||
| 7 | bless | ceremonies = ceremony | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | curse | Magadha's 108 guests | nom curse «communication 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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