--- title: As the party neared the palace, they passed an aged Brahman, who, he… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: As the party neared the palace, they passed an aged Brahman, who, hearing the cries of the struggling girl, begged the prince to free her. Who acts: party, hawks, aged Brahman, struggling girl. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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 (party, hawks, aged Brahman, struggling girl), 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:pg76982:10:248 # text = As the party neared the palace, they passed an aged Brahman, who, hearing the cries of the struggling girl, begged the prince to free her. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 neared near VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Brahman brahman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 struggling struggle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 amod _ _ 22 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **near** | past | the party | the palace | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | past | hawks *= hawk* | a aged Brahman | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brahman=Trajectory | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | a aged Brahman | the cries of the struggling girl | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 4 | **struggle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | | | the prince | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | | 6 | **cry** | | the struggling girl | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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 247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/247/) - next →: [sentence 249](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/249/) - ↑ back to [Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/)