--- title: There was a Moghul boy-king, who fought his first battle when he was… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: There was a Moghul boy-king, who fought his first battle when he was twelve years of age, and he won it, as he says himself, “thanks to the distinguished valour of my young soldiers”. Who acts: Moghul boy king, king. 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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 (Moghul boy king, king), 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:pg69647:3:25 # text = There was a Moghul boy-king, who fought his first battle when he was twelve years of age, and he won it, as he says himself, “thanks to the distinguished valour of my young soldiers”. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 Moghul Moghul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a Moghul boy king | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fight** | past | a Moghul boy king | king's first battle | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | king | twelve years | | | of age | | tree rules | | 4 | **win** | past | king | battle | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | king | king | | | | thanks to the distinguished valour of my young soldiers *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 6 | **battle** | | king | | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: poss=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)