--- title: He had a beautiful daughter, who, from the exquisite skill with whic… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: He had a beautiful daughter, who, from the exquisite skill with which she darkened her eyes with Kanjal or lampblack, reddened her cheeks with rouge and coloured her finger nails with henna, was known as Nigar or the Painted lady. Who acts: HAIDARABAD, daughter. 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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 (HAIDARABAD, daughter), 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:pg76982:10:74 # text = He had a beautiful daughter, who, from the exquisite skill with which she darkened her eyes with Kanjal or lampblack, reddened her cheeks with rouge and coloured her finger nails with henna, was known as Nigar or the Painted lady. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 exquisite exquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 darkened darken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Kanjal Kanjal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lampblack lampblack NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 reddened redden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 coloured colour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 henna henna NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Nigar Nigar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Painted Painted PROPN NNP _ 44 compound _ _ 44 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | HAIDARABAD | a beautiful daughter and the exquisite skill a beautiful daughter and the exquisite skill a beautiful daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **darken** | past | daughter | daughter's eyes | | | | with the exquisite skill a beautiful daughter and the exquisite skill a beautiful daughter; with Kanjal or lampblack | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent eye=Patient with which=Instrument | | 3 | **redden** | past | daughter *not said here* | daughter's cheeks | | | | with rouge | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient with rouge=Instrument | | 4 | **colour** | past | daughter *not said here* | daughter's finger nails | | | | with henna | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past · passive | daughter *not said here* | | | | | as Nigar or the Painted lady | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as nigar=Attribute | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/75/) - ↑ back to [Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/10/)