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title: During the meal the old man talked as one inspired; and as he talked… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: During the meal the old man talked as one inspired; and as he talked, the prince’s servants filled his glass over and over again with drugged wine. Who acts: old man, one, man, servants. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., with its 
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 219

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During the meal the old man talked as one inspired; and as he talked, the prince’s servants filled his glass over and over again with drugged wine.

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**Who acts:** old man, one, man, servants · **What happens:** talk, inspire, fill, drug · **To what, where:** glass

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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 (old man, one, man, servants), 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:pg76982:10:219
# text = During the meal the old man talked as one inspired; and as he talked, the prince’s servants filled his glass over and over again with drugged wine.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	inspired	inspire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’s	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
21	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	over	over	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	over	over	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	again	again	ADV	RB	_	24	conj	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	drugged	drug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | the old man |  |  |  | during the meal |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inspire** | participle | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **talk** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fill** | past | the prince's servants | prince's glass |  |  | again | with drugged wine; over *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent glass=Patient with wine=Instrument |
| 5 | **drug** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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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