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title: And now the Lotus-Lady was at the prisoner’s tent of her lord; and n… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And now the Lotus-Lady was at the prisoner’s tent of her lord; and now she had bid him farewell, and the long line of palanquins had turned once more towards Chittore. Who acts: Lotus Lady, lady. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Op
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 115

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And now the Lotus-Lady was at the prisoner’s tent of her lord; and now she had bid him farewell, and the long line of palanquins had turned once more towards Chittore.

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**Who acts:** Lotus Lady, lady · **What happens:** be, bid, turn · **To what, where:** tent, din, long line, Chittore

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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 (Lotus Lady, lady), 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:pg69647:3:115
# text = And now the Lotus-Lady was at the prisoner’s tent of her lord; and now she had bid him farewell, and the long line of palanquins had turned once more towards Chittore.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’s	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	bid	bid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	parataxis	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	farewell	farewell	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	palanquins	palanquin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
33	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	34	advmod	_	_
34	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	32	advmod	_	_
35	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Chittore	Chittore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Lotus Lady |  |  | the prisoner's tent | now | of lady's lord; the prisoner *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bid** | past · perfect | lady | din |  |  | now | farewell *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive |  | the long line of palanquins |  | Chittore |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme towards chittore=Trajectory |

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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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