--- title: In the days when Ala-ud-din, the Moslem, ruled at Delhi, the beautif… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: In the days when Ala-ud-din, the Moslem, ruled at Delhi, the beautiful rock-fortress Chittore was the capital of Rajputana, and brave Prince Bhimsi was regent for his nephew the Baby-King. Who acts: Ala ud din, brave Bhimsi. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-pe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/96/) [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/) / 96 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 3, sentence 96 In the days when Ala-ud-din, the Moslem, ruled at Delhi, the beautiful rock-fortress Chittore was the capital of Rajputana, and brave Prince Bhimsi was regent for his nephew the Baby-King. **Who acts:** Ala ud din, brave Bhimsi · **What happens:** rule, be · **To what, where:** Delhi, capital 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 (Ala ud din, brave Bhimsi), 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:pg69647:3:96 # text = In the days when Ala-ud-din, the Moslem, ruled at Delhi, the beautiful rock-fortress Chittore was the capital of Rajputana, and brave Prince Bhimsi was regent for his nephew the Baby-King. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 Ala Ala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ud ud NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 din din NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Moslem Moslem ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Delhi Delhi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 23 Chittore Chittore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Rajputana Rajputana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:desc _ _ 33 Bhimsi Bhimsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 regent regent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | participle | Ala ud din and the beautiful rock fortress *not said here* | | | Delhi | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | Ala ud din and the beautiful rock fortress | the capital | | | day | of Rajputana | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | brave Bhimsi Prince | | | | | for Bhimsi's nephew; regent *property* | tree rules | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/)