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title: But the odd thing was, that the “justice” was such wisdom, that even… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the odd thing was, that the “justice” was such wisdom, that even through their play, the boys felt that something wonderful had happened to their playfellow. Who acts: odd thing, boys, something, things. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 66

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But the odd thing was, that the “justice” was such wisdom, that even through their play, the boys felt that something wonderful had happened to their playfellow.

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**Who acts:** odd thing, boys, something, things · **What happens:** be, feel, happen, play · **To what, where:** such wisdom

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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 (odd thing, boys, something, things), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg69647:1:66
# text = But the odd thing was, that the “justice” was such wisdom, that even through their play, the boys felt that something wonderful had happened to their playfellow.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	29	nsubj	_	_
27	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	ccomp	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	playfellow	playfellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the odd thing | such wisdom and things's play  that |  |  |  | the justice *nsubj*; things's play  that *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | past | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | something |  |  |  |  | to things's playfellow | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **play** |  | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  |  | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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