--- title: Now it happened that a great man known at the Court of the Emperor A… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that a great man known at the Court of the Emperor Akbar, was also travelling with the pilgrims for safety; for there were many robbers in those days, and only if a man travelled with a crowd of people in what was called a Caravan, could he be safe. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, great man, many robbers, man), 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:pg69647:4:61 # text = Now it happened that a great man known at the Court of the Emperor Akbar, was also travelling with the pilgrims for safety; for there were many robbers in those days, and only if a man travelled with a crowd of people in what was called a Caravan, could he be safe. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 8 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Akbar Akbar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pilgrims pilgrim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nmod _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Caravan Caravan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 56 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | participle | | a great man *not said here* | | the Court of the Emperor Akbar | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **travel** | past · progressive | a great man | | | | | with the pilgrims; for safety | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | many robbers in that days | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **travel** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a man | | | | | with a crowd of people in a crowd of people in a crowd | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **call** | past · passive | | | | | | a Caravan *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **is** | could | journey | | | | | safe *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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)