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title: He instantly resolved to treat the old man in such a way that neithe… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: He instantly resolved to treat the old man in such a way that neither he nor any other old man in the kingdom would accept the post again. Who acts: king, other old man. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., with its dependency tree a
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 216

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He instantly resolved to treat the old man in such a way that neither he nor any other old man in the kingdom would accept the post again.

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**Who acts:** king, other old man · **What happens:** resolve, treat, man, accept · **To what, where:** old man, way, kingdom

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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 (king, other old man), 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:pg76982:10:216
# text = He instantly resolved to treat the old man in such a way that neither he nor any other old man in the kingdom would accept the post again.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	12	det:predet	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	_	_
14	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	20	cc:preconj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
16	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	20	cc	_	_
17	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	again	again	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | king |  |  |  |  | instantly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* |  | the old man | such way |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient |
| 3 | **man** |  | king |  |  | the kingdom |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **accept** | would | any other old man | such way |  |  | again | the post *obj* | tree rules |

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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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