--- title: Makhdum Nuh then called on all true Musulmans present to tie ropes t… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: Makhdum Nuh then called on all true Musulmans present to tie ropes to the building and pull it round; and lo! and behold! under the combined pressure of the prayers of the saints and the pushings of the faithful, the great mosque turned round slowly and then stopped dead. 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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 (true Musulmans, saints), 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:pg76982:10:48 # text = Makhdum Nuh then called on all true Musulmans present to tie ropes to the building and pull it round; and lo! and behold! under the combined pressure of the prayers of the saints and the pushings of the faithful, the great mosque turned round slowly and then stopped dead. 1 Makhdum Makhdum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 Nuh Nuh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Musulmans Musulman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 present present VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 round round ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lo lo INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 behold behold INTJ UH _ 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 27 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 combined combine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 saints saint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pushings pushing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 mosque mosque NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 47 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 round round ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 52 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Makhdum | | | then | the combined pressure of the prayers of the saints and the pushings of the faithful and the great mosque *parataxis* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **present** | present | all true Musulmans | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tie** | to-infinitive | all true Musulmans *not said here* | ropes | | | | to the building | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to building=Co-Patient | | 4 | **pull** | infinitive | all true Musulmans *not said here* | building | | | | round *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **combine** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **turn round** | participle | | the great mosque *not said here* | | | | round, slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stop** | past | | | | | then | dead *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **press** | | | the prayers of the saints and the pushings of the faithful | | | | | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **pray** | | the saints and the pushings of the faithful | | | | | | nom prayer «act 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. 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