--- title: Walking round his outposts, however, before the Rajput battle, the t… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: Walking round his outposts, however, before the Rajput battle, the thought came to Baber that it would be good to mend his life now in this matter, so that he might have something to give in penitence to God. Who acts: thought, it, tale. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/51/) [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/) / 51 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 51 Walking round his outposts, however, before the Rajput battle, the thought came to Baber that it would be good to mend his life now in this matter, so that he might have something to give in penitence to God. **Who acts:** thought, it, tale · **What happens:** walk, come, be, mend, have, give · **To what, where:** outposts, Baber, life, matter, something, penitence 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 (thought, it, tale), 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:pg69647:3:51 # text = Walking round his outposts, however, before the Rajput battle, the thought came to Baber that it would be good to mend his life now in this matter, so that he might have something to give in penitence to God. 1 Walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 outposts outpost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Rajput Rajput PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Baber Baber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 mend mend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 penitence penitence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | | | tale's outposts | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round outpost=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | the thought | | | Baber | before the Rajput battle | however *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to baber=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | would | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **mend** | to-infinitive | | tale's life | | this matter | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | might | tale | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | tale *not said here* | penitence | God | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent penitence=Theme to god=Recipient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)