--- title: King Amrai consulted his ministers and they advised him to free his… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: King Amrai consulted his ministers and they advised him to free his son, but at the same time to put in charge of him some wise and virtuous old man, who by example and precept would show him the error of his ways. Who acts: King, ministers, wise old man, ways. 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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 (King, ministers, wise old man, ways), 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:pg76982:10:213 # text = King Amrai consulted his ministers and they advised him to free his son, but at the same time to put in charge of him some wise and virtuous old man, who by example and precept would show him the error of his ways. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Amrai Amrai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 27 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 precept precept NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | past | King | king's ministers | | | time | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme | | 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | ministers *= minister* | | king | | | free *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | charge of king | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in charge=Destination | | 4 | **show** | would | some wise old man by example some wise old man by example some wise old man and precept and precept | the error of king's ways | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient error=Topic | | 5 | **charge** | | | king | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **err** | | king's ways | | | | | | nom error «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 212](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/212/) - next →: [sentence 214](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/214/) - ↑ back to [Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/)