--- title: And they cast lots: and went one by one clad in the Rajput saffron r… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: And they cast lots: and went one by one clad in the Rajput saffron robe of conquest: and single-handed each hewed his way through the gates, strewing the moat and outworks with the bodies of the slain. Who acts: gates. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/11/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/) / 11 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 4, sentence 11 And they cast lots: and went one by one clad in the Rajput saffron robe of conquest: and single-handed each hewed his way through the gates, strewing the moat and outworks with the bodies of the slain. **Who acts:** gates · **What happens:** cast, go, clad, hand, hew, strew · **To what, where:** lots, one, Rajput saffron robe, way, gates, moat This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gates), 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:pg69647:4:11 # text = And they cast lots: and went one by one clad in the Rajput saffron robe of conquest: and single-handed each hewed his way through the gates, strewing the moat and outworks with the bodies of the slain. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 11 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 Rajput Rajput PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 saffron saffron NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 hewed hew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 strewing strew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 outworks outwork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | present | gates *= gate* | lots | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Product | | 2 | **go** | past | gates *= gate* *not said here* | one | | | | by one | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme | | 3 | **clad** | participle | | | | the Rajput saffron robe of conquest | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hand** | participle | | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hew** | past | gates *= gate* *not said here* | King's way | | the gates | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 6 | **strew** | gerund | gates *= gate* *not said here* | the moat and outworks | | | | with the bodies of the slain | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent moat=Destination with body=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)