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description: Now, on a Friday morning when all the men worshippers, in their beautiful white garments, had assembled at the Mosque for the weekly prayer, Raziya made herself brave to go among them dressed in a veil of the Prophet’s green--a figure whom none could miss. Who acts: Raziya, none. A sentence of «Indi
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 2, sentence 168

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Now, on a Friday morning when all the men worshippers, in their beautiful white garments, had assembled at the Mosque for the weekly prayer, Raziya made herself brave to go among them dressed in a veil of the Prophet’s green--a figure whom none could miss.

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**Who acts:** Raziya, none · **What happens:** assemble, make, go, dress, miss · **To what, where:** men worshippers, Mosque, Raziya, veil, figure

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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 (Raziya, none), 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:pg69647:2:169
# text = Now, on a Friday morning when all the men worshippers, in their beautiful white garments, had assembled at the Mosque for the weekly prayer, Raziya made herself brave to go among them dressed in a veil of the Prophet’s green--a figure whom none could miss.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	worshippers	worshipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Mosque	Mosque	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	Raziya	Raziya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
31	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	30	obj	_	_
32	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	xcomp	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	among	among	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	xcomp	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	’s	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
49	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	obj	_	_
50	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	52	nsubj	_	_
51	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assemble** | past · perfect |  | all men worshippers and worshippers's beautiful white garments *not said here* |  | the Mosque |  | for the weekly prayer | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | Raziya | Raziya |  |  |  | a figure *obl*; brave *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Product |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | Raziya *not said here* |  |  |  |  | among worshippers *= worshipper* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **dress** | participle | Raziya *not said here* |  |  | a veil of the Prophet's green |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **miss** | could | none | a figure |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |

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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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