--- title: And so, though they took her love and protection for so long that th… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And so, though they took her love and protection for so long that they forgot the cruelty of her brother who had reigned before, they turned against her in the end and dethroned her, and put her in prison. Who acts: people, brother, Delhi. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, wom --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/11/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/) / 11 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 11 And so, though they took her love and protection for so long that they forgot the cruelty of her brother who had reigned before, they turned against her in the end and dethroned her, and put her in prison. **Who acts:** people, brother, Delhi · **What happens:** take, forget, reign, turn, dethrone, put · **To what, where:** love, cruelty, end, Delhi, prison This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, brother, 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:pg69647:3:11 # text = And so, though they took her love and protection for so long that they forgot the cruelty of her brother who had reigned before, they turned against her in the end and dethroned her, and put her in prison. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|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 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cruelty cruelty NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 reigned reign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 before before ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 dethroned dethrone VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | people | Delhi's love and protection | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent love=Theme for long=Beneficiary | | 2 | **forget** | past | people | the cruelty of Delhi's brother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reign** | past · perfect | Delhi's brother | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | past | people | | | | in the end | against Delhi | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme against she=Source in end=Trajectory | | 5 | **dethrone** | past | people *not said here* | Delhi | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **put** | past | people *not said here* | Delhi | | prison | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in prison=Destination | | 7 | **love** | | Delhi | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)