--- title: So in concert with her nobles, she arranged that word should be sent… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: So in concert with her nobles, she arranged that word should be sent to Ala-ud-din that she was coming, as he commanded, to release her lord: but that she craved a few minutes’ speech of her lord, before parting with him for ever. Who acts: lady, Word, few minutes. 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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 (lady, Word, few minutes), 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:pg69647:3:112 # text = So in concert with her nobles, she arranged that word should be sent to Ala-ud-din that she was coming, as he commanded, to release her lord: but that she craved a few minutes’ speech of her lord, before parting with him for ever. 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 Ala Ala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ud ud NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 release release VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 craved crave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 before before SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 parting part VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past | lady | | | concert with lady's nobles | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in concert=Destination | | 2 | **send** | should · passive | | that word | | Ala ud din | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to din=Destination | | 3 | **come** | past · progressive | lady | Ala ud din *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location din=Theme | | 4 | **command** | past | Word | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **release** | to-infinitive | | lady's lord | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer lord=Source | | 6 | **crave** | past | lady | a few minutes's speech of lady's lord | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot speech=Theme | | 7 | **part** | gerund | lady *not said here* | | | | | with Word | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with he=Co-Patient | | 8 | **speak** | | a few minutes | lady's lord | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/113/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)