--- title: And her story is told here, for the reason that we know now that the… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And her story is told here, for the reason that we know now that the old historian was wrong; and that a woman need not fail even in the great work of a sovereign, only because she is a woman. Who acts: we, old historian, woman, sovereign. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, wom --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian tales of the great ones among m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/) / [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/) / 20 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 20 And her story is told here, for the reason that we know now that the old historian was wrong; and that a woman need not fail even in the great work of a sovereign, only because she is a woman. **Who acts:** we, old historian, woman, sovereign · **What happens:** tell, know, be, not need, fail, work · **To what, where:** story, reason, great work, woman · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (we, old historian, woman, sovereign), 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:pg69647:3:20 # text = And her story is told here, for the reason that we know now that the old historian was wrong; and that a woman need not fail even in the great work of a sovereign, only because she is a woman. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 historian historian NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Delhi's story | | here | | the reason *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **know** | present | we | the reason | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | the old historian | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **need** | present | a woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **fail** | infinitive | a woman | | | the great work of a sovereign | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in work=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | present | woman | a woman | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **work** | | a sovereign | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)