--- title: The prime-minister, respected above all for his age and wisdom and f… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The prime-minister, respected above all for his age and wisdom and for his faithful service of the late king, put before his colleagues the brass plate of King Amrai and proposed that they should take instant steps to seize the person of Dalu Rai and put his newly born son on the throne. 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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 (ministers, Banbho), 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:pg76982:10:276 # text = The prime-minister, respected above all for his age and wisdom and for his faithful service of the late king, put before his colleagues the brass plate of King Amrai and proposed that they should take instant steps to seize the person of Dalu Rai and put his newly born son on the throne. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 respected respect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 above above ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 colleagues colleague NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Amrai Amrai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Dalu Dalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 Rai Rai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 52 newly newly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **respect** | participle · passive | | the prime minister | | all | for Banbho's age and wisdom and Banbho's faithful service of the late king | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for age=Attribute | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | | | | Banbho's colleagues | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before colleague=Destination | | 3 | **propose** | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | should | ministers *= minister* | instant steps | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 5 | **seize** | to-infinitive | ministers *= minister* *not said here* | the person of Dalu | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 6 | **put** | past | | Banbho's born son | | the throne | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme on throne=Destination | | 7 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **service** | | Banbho | the late king | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 275](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/275/) - next →: [sentence 277](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/277/) - ↑ back to [Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/)