--- title: Forth from every palanquin streamed the bravest of Chittore’s Rajput… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: Forth from every palanquin streamed the bravest of Chittore’s Rajput knights--the very palanquin-bearers were warriors: and they fought and routed Ala-ud-din and his hosts, and carried their Prince and his lady safely to the palace of their fortress home. Who acts: palanquin bearers, bearers. 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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 (palanquin bearers, bearers), 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:pg69647:3:118 # text = Forth from every palanquin streamed the bravest of Chittore’s Rajput knights--the very palanquin-bearers were warriors: and they fought and routed Ala-ud-din and his hosts, and carried their Prince and his lady safely to the palace of their fortress home. 1 Forth forth ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 palanquin palanquin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 streamed stream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 Chittore Chittore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 Rajput Rajput PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 palanquin palanquin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bearers bearer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 routed rout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 Ala Ala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ud ud NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 safely safely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 home home ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stream** | past | | the bravest of Chittore's Rajput knights | | every palanquin | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brave=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the palanquin bearers | warriors | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** | past | bearers *= bearer* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rout** | past | bearers *= bearer* *not said here* | Ala ud din and din's hosts | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | past | | palanquins's Prince and din's lady | | the palace of palanquins's fortress | | home, safely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to palace=Destination | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)