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title: And at one of these Fairs, Prince Salim, the Emperor’s son, lost his… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And at one of these Fairs, Prince Salim, the Emperor’s son, lost his way in an empty part of the garden, where he could see no one but a small girl at play. Who acts: way. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 4, with its 
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 4, sentence 70

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And at one of these Fairs, Prince Salim, the Emperor’s son, lost his way in an empty part of the garden, where he could see no one but a small girl at play.

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**Who acts:** way · **What happens:** lose, see · **To what, where:** way, empty part, one

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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 (way), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg69647:4:70
# text = And at one of these Fairs, Prince Salim, the Emperor’s son, lost his way in an empty part of the garden, where he could see no one but a small girl at play.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	Fairs	fair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
9	Salim	Salim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	’s	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
16	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	30	advmod	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	parataxis	_	_
31	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	32	det	_	_
32	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
37	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past |  | Salim's way |  | a empty part of the garden |  | at one; of this Fairs  Salim  Prince | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent way=Theme of fair=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **see** | could | way | no one but a small girl at play |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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