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title: So renowned was Makhdum Niamat Ullah that an ancient fakir more than… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: So renowned was Makhdum Niamat Ullah that an ancient fakir more than a hundred years old and known as La Ikhtyar or the Independent One was so affected by the stories told of the saintly Makhdum Niamat Ullah, that he gave up his independent life and went to Torio in the Hala taluka on the chance of 
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 2

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So renowned was Makhdum Niamat Ullah that an ancient fakir more than a hundred years old and known as La Ikhtyar or the Independent One was so affected by the stories told of the saintly Makhdum Niamat Ullah, that he gave up his independent life and went to Torio in the Hala taluka on the chance of seeing the object of his admiration.

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**Who acts:** stories, renowned Makhdum Ullah, fakir, chance, Ullah · **What happens:** be, know, affect, tell, give up, go · **To what, where:** renowned Makhdum Ullah, ancient fakir, independent life, Torio, Hala taluka, object · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stories, renowned Makhdum Ullah, fakir, chance), 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:pg76982:10:2
# text = So renowned was Makhdum Niamat Ullah that an ancient fakir more than a hundred years old and known as La Ikhtyar or the Independent One was so affected by the stories told of the saintly Makhdum Niamat Ullah, that he gave up his independent life and went to Torio in the Hala taluka on the chance of seeing the object of his admiration.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	renowned	renowned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	Makhdum	Makhdum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Niamat	Niamat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	Ullah	Ullah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fakir	fakir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	14	advmod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	Ikhtyar	Ikhtyar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	Independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
27	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl:agent	_	_
32	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
35	saintly	saintly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
36	Makhdum	Makhdum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	Niamat	Niamat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	Ullah	Ullah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	parataxis	_	_
43	up	up	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Torio	Torio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	Hala	Hala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	taluka	taluka	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
55	on	on	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
58	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
59	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	57	acl	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | renowned Makhdum Ullah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle | the stories *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as La or the Independent One | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as la=Attribute |
| 3 | **affect** | past · passive | the stories | a ancient fakir |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | renowned Makhdum Ullah |  |  |  |  | of the Niamat Ullah | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **give up** | past | fakir | Ullah's independent life |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Source |
| 6 | **go** | past | fakir *not said here* |  | Torio | the Hala taluka |  | on the chance | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to torio=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **see** | gerund | the chance *not said here* | the object of Ullah's admiration |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer object=Stimulus |
| 8 | **admire** |  | Ullah |  |  |  |  |  | nom admiration «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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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