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title: So, for the camp of the enemy set forth a great procession of palanq… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So, for the camp of the enemy set forth a great procession of palanquins and mace-bearers; and Ala-ud-din was not afraid, for he knew that so great a lady might not be abroad without her waiting-women and her mistresses of the robes, and her mace-bearers and the slaves who did her bidding--one slave
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 114

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So, for the camp of the enemy set forth a great procession of palanquins and mace-bearers; and Ala-ud-din was not afraid, for he knew that so great a lady might not be abroad without her waiting-women and her mistresses of the robes, and her mace-bearers and the slaves who did her bidding--one slave for each separate little duty of the care of her lovely person.

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**Who acts:** enemy, Ala ud din, din, slaves, palanquins, lady · **What happens:** set, not be, know, do, proceed, bid · **To what, where:** great procession, bidding

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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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (enemy, Ala ud din, din, slaves), 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:pg69647:3:114
# text = So, for the camp of the enemy set forth a great procession of palanquins and mace-bearers; and Ala-ud-din was not afraid, for he knew that so great a lady might not be abroad without her waiting-women and her mistresses of the robes, and her mace-bearers and the slaves who did her bidding--one slave for each separate little duty of the care of her lovely person.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	palanquins	palanquin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	mace	mace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
22	Ala	Ala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	ud	ud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	din	din	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	29	advmod	_	_
29	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	nsubj	_	_
35	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	ccomp	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	cop	_	_
42	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
43	without	without	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
45	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	mistresses	mistress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
56	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
57	mace	mace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	conj	_	_
63	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	64	nsubj	_	_
64	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	acl:relcl	_	_
65	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	bidding	bidding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	69	nummod	_	_
69	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	conj	_	_
70	for	for	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
71	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	74	det	_	_
72	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
73	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	nmod	_	_
78	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
80	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle | the enemy *not said here* | a great procession of palanquins and mace bearers |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient procession=Result |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | Ala ud din |  |  |  |  | lady's mace bearers and the slaves *obl*; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | past | din |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without lady's waiting women and lady's mistresses of the robes; abroad *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | past | the slaves | lady's bidding and one slave |  |  |  | for each separate little duty of the care of lady's lovely person | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality |
| 7 | **proceed** |  | palanquins and mace bearers |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **bid** |  | lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **care** |  | lady's lovely person |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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