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title: And of all Drupada’s riches--treasure of gold and emeralds and diamo… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And of all Drupada’s riches--treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls, strings of camels and horses and elephants, chariots of war and houses and slaves--he made two equal parts; and one part he gave to Drupada and one part he kept for himself, that he might begin the teaching of the wa
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 115

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And of all Drupada’s riches--treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls, strings of camels and horses and elephants, chariots of war and houses and slaves--he made two equal parts; and one part he gave to Drupada and one part he kept for himself, that he might begin the teaching of the way of friendship to the man who was not worthy to learn the way.

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**Who acts:** Drupada, one part, man · **What happens:** make, give, keep, begin, not be, learn · **To what, where:** two equal parts, Drupada, one part, teaching, way, gold

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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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Drupada, one part, man), 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:pg69647:2:115
# text = And of all Drupada’s riches--treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls, strings of camels and horses and elephants, chariots of war and houses and slaves--he made two equal parts; and one part he gave to Drupada and one part he kept for himself, that he might begin the teaching of the way of friendship to the man who was not worthy to learn the way.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Drupada	Drupada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
36	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
37	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
41	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	nummod	_	_
42	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Drupada	Drupada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl:unmarked	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
69	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	72	nsubj	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	cop	_	_
71	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	72	advmod	_	_
72	worthy	worthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	acl:relcl	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	advcl	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Drupada | two equal parts |  |  |  | of all Drupada's riches and treasure of gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls and strings of camels and horses and elephants and chariots | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Product |
| 2 | **give** | past | one part |  | Drupada |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to drupada=Recipient |
| 3 | **keep** | past | Drupada | one part |  |  |  | for Drupada | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **begin** | might | Drupada | the teaching of the way of friendship |  |  |  | to the man | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Eventuality |
| 5 | **not** **is** | past | the man |  |  |  |  | worthy *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **learn** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | the way |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 7 | **treasure** |  |  | gold and emeralds and diamonds and pearls and strings of camels and horses and elephants and chariots of war and houses |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **teach** |  |  | the way of friendship |  |  |  |  | nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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