--- title: And he sent immediately for his great goblets of gold and silver stu… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And he sent immediately for his great goblets of gold and silver studded with precious stones; and there on the battle-field he had them broken to pieces and given to the poor, vowing that he would never drink wine again. Who acts: tale, stones. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among me --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/52/) [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/) / 52 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 52 And he sent immediately for his great goblets of gold and silver studded with precious stones; and there on the battle-field he had them broken to pieces and given to the poor, vowing that he would never drink wine again. **Who acts:** tale, stones · **What happens:** send, stud, have, break, give, vow · **To what, where:** battle field, silver, stones, poor, wine 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 (tale, stones), 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:pg69647:3:52 # text = And he sent immediately for his great goblets of gold and silver studded with precious stones; and there on the battle-field he had them broken to pieces and given to the poor, vowing that he would never drink wine again. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for 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 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 studded stud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 vowing vow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 43 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | tale | | | the battle field; there | | for tale's great goblets of gold and silver; immediately *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stud** | participle | | silver *not said here* | | | | with precious stones | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stone=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | tale | stones *= stone* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **break** | participle | stones *= stone* *not said here* | | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to piece=Result | | 5 | **give** | participle | stones *= stone* *not said here* | | the poor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to poor=Recipient | | 6 | **vow** | gerund | stones *= stone* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **drink** | would | tale | wine | | | again | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)