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title: As Makhdum Nuh was washing in the river his slate on which he had wr… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: As Makhdum Nuh was washing in the river his slate on which he had written some lines of the Koran, he saw a boat approach. Who acts: Makhdum Nuh, slate. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 29

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As Makhdum Nuh was washing in the river his slate on which he had written some lines of the Koran, he saw a boat approach.

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**Who acts:** Makhdum Nuh, slate · **What happens:** wash, write, see · **To what, where:** river, boat approach

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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 (Makhdum Nuh, slate), 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:pg76982:10:29
# text = As Makhdum Nuh was washing in the river his slate on which he had written some lines of the Koran, he saw a boat approach.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Makhdum	Makhdum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Nuh	Nuh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	slate	slate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Koran	Koran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past · progressive | Makhdum Nuh |  |  | the river |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | past · perfect · passive |  | the river |  |  |  | slate *nsubj*; some lines of the Koran *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient line=Topic |
| 3 | **see** | past | slate | a boat approach |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer approach=Stimulus |

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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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