--- title: On the great day the King came in state, with his mace bearers, and… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: On the great day the King came in state, with his mace bearers, and the men who called his titles, and the men who carried the State jewels, and the men who fanned him with great fans made of the green-blue eyes of a peacock’s tail. Who acts: King, men. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, men), 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:pg69647:1:76 # text = On the great day the King came in state, with his mace bearers, and the men who called his titles, and the men who carried the State jewels, and the men who fanned him with great fans made of the green-blue eyes of a peacock’s tail. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mace mace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 bearers bearer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 titles title NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fanned fan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fans fan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’s 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the King | | | state | day | with KING's mace bearers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | the men | KING's titles | | | | who *nsubj* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent title=Recipient | | 3 | **carry** | past | the men | the State jewels | | | | who *nsubj* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | | 4 | **fan** | past | the men | KING | | | | with great fans; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | participle | | great fans *not said here* | | | | of the blue eyes of a peacock's tail | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **title** | | KING | | | | | | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/1/)