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title: Ladies and nurses of the zenana, officers, clerks, traders, even “al… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ladies and nurses of the zenana, officers, clerks, traders, even “all who pray for me”, were remembered; and so great was the list, that it was three days before the presents were divided. Who acts: list. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia So
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 46

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Ladies and nurses of the zenana, officers, clerks, traders, even “all who pray for me”, were remembered; and so great was the list, that it was three days before the presents were divided.

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**Who acts:** list · **What happens:** pray, remember, be, divide · **To what, where:** Ladies, great list, three days, presents · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (list), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg69647:3:46
# text = Ladies and nurses of the zenana, officers, clerks, traders, even “all who pray for me”, were remembered; and so great was the list, that it was three days before the presents were divided.
1	Ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	zenana	zenana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	clerks	clerk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	conj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nummod	_	_
37	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
38	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | for the people of Hindustan *= people*; who *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for i=Theme |
| 2 | **remember** | past · passive |  | Ladies and nurses of the zenana and officers and clerks and traders |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the great list |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | past | list | three days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **divide** | past · passive |  | the presents |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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