--- title: Driven away from one of his early attempts to take Delhi, he has a r… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: Driven away from one of his early attempts to take Delhi, he has a race with two of his officers; and he writes of the first meal which he ate in hiding as of a royal banquet--“such peace and plenty, nice fat meat, bread of fine flour well baked, sweet melons, excellent grapes”. Who acts: defeat, of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/31/) [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/) / 31 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 31 Driven away from one of his early attempts to take Delhi, he has a race with two of his officers; and he writes of the first meal which he ate in hiding as of a royal banquet--“such peace and plenty, nice fat meat, bread of fine flour well baked, sweet melons, excellent grapes”. **Who acts:** defeat, officers · **What happens:** drive away, take, have, write, eat, hide · **To what, where:** Delhi, race, such peace, first meal 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 (defeat, officers), 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:pg69647:3:31 # text = Driven away from one of his early attempts to take Delhi, he has a race with two of his officers; and he writes of the first meal which he ate in hiding as of a royal banquet--“such peace and plenty, nice fat meat, bread of fine flour well baked, sweet melons, excellent grapes”. 1 Driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 attempts attempt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 Delhi Delhi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 in in SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 39 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ _ 56 baked bake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive away** | participle | defeat *not said here* | | | | | from one of defeat's early attempts; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from one=Trajectory | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | defeat *not said here* | | Delhi | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument delhi=Destination | | 3 | **have** | present | defeat | a race of defeat's officers | | | | with two | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Patient | | 4 | **write** | present | defeat | such peace and plenty and nice fat meat of fine flour and bread | | | | of the first meal | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past | defeat | the first meal | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 6 | **hide** | gerund | defeat *not said here* | | | | | as a royal banquet | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bake** *in a quote* | participle | defeat *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **attempt** | | defeat | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **race** | | defeat's officers | | | | | | nom race «event 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)