--- title: And Ala-ud-din said: “Ha! now will I have both the Prince and his br… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Ala-ud-din said: “Ha! now will I have both the Prince and his bride!” and he ordered the palanquins to stop, thinking to make an easy capture of the prisoner whom he had just exchanged, among the palanquins of the women-folk. Who acts: Ala ud din, din, palanquins. 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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 (Ala ud din, din, palanquins), 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:pg69647:3:116 # text = And Ala-ud-din said: “Ha! now will I have both the Prince and his bride!” and he ordered the palanquins to stop, thinking to make an easy capture of the prisoner whom he had just exchanged, among the palanquins of the women-folk. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 Ala Ala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ud ud NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Ha ha INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 16 both both CCONJ CC _ 18 cc:preconj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 palanquins palanquin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 capture capture NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 just just ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 exchanged exchange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 among among ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 palanquins palanquin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Ala ud din | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | future | Ala ud din *= din* | | | | now | the Prince and din's bride *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **order** | past | din | the palanquins | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent palanquin=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the palanquins *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the palanquins *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | | a easy capture of the prisoner | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset capture=Product | | 7 | **exchange** | past · perfect | din | a easy capture of the prisoner | | | | among the palanquins of the women and folk | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **capture** | | | the prisoner | | | | | nom capture «act transitive»: 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/117/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)