--- title: And as the old woman brushed her hair, or sat out with her on the ro… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And as the old woman brushed her hair, or sat out with her on the roof-balcony on the still, hot nights when the Princess was sleepless, she told her tales of Prithi Raja, King of Delhi, and of his great love for Samyukta. Who acts: Princess, Prithi Raja, DELHI. A sentence of «Indian tales of the gr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/111/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian tales of the great ones among m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/) / 111 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 111 And as the old woman brushed her hair, or sat out with her on the roof-balcony on the still, hot nights when the Princess was sleepless, she told her tales of Prithi Raja, King of Delhi, and of his great love for Samyukta. **Who acts:** Princess, Prithi Raja, DELHI · **What happens:** brush, sit out, be, tell, love · **To what, where:** hair, roof balcony, tales · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Prithi Raja, DELHI), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg69647:1:111 # text = And as the old woman brushed her hair, or sat out with her on the roof-balcony on the still, hot nights when the Princess was sleepless, she told her tales of Prithi Raja, King of Delhi, and of his great love for Samyukta. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 brushed brush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 sleepless sleepless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 Prithi Prithi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Delhi Delhi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Samyukta Samyukta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | past | | best's hair | | | | as the old woman | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 2 | **sit out** | past | | | | the roof balcony | night | with best *= good* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on balcony=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | sleepless *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | best's tales of Prithi Raja | | | | of DELHI's great love for Samyukta | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 5 | **tell** | | Prithi Raja | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **love** | | DELHI | | | | | for Samyukta | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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:** «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/112/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/)