--- title: To his daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana were giv… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: To his daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana were given gold plates full of gems, trays of coins, and nine different kinds of stuff chosen for each lady by Baber himself--“uplifting us with pride”, says his daughter. Who acts: nine different kinds, daughter. A sentence of «Indian tale --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/47/) [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/) / 47 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 47 To his daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana were given gold plates full of gems, trays of coins, and nine different kinds of stuff chosen for each lady by Baber himself--“uplifting us with pride”, says his daughter. **Who acts:** nine different kinds, daughter · **What happens:** give, be, choose, uplift, say · **To what, where:** given gold plates, stuff, us · **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 (nine different kinds, daughter), 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:pg69647:3:47 # text = To his daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana were given gold plates full of gems, trays of coins, and nine different kinds of stuff chosen for each lady by Baber himself--“uplifting us with pride”, says his daughter. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 zenana zenana NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 ccomp _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 gems gem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 trays tray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Baber Baber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 uplifting uplift VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | | given gold plates and nine different kinds of stuff | | | | to tale's daughters and aunts and the princesses of the zenana; nine different kinds of stuff *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **choose** | participle | | stuff *not said here* | | | | for each lady; by Baber tale | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lady=Beneficiary | | 4 | **uplift** *in a quote* | gerund | nine different kinds of stuff *not said here* | us | | | | with pride | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | tale's daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/48/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)