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title: The only beast she would bestride was a lion and every evening outsi… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: The only beast she would bestride was a lion and every evening outside Nerankot she might have been seen riding a splendid maned lion, who, when bridled by her, was as docile as the meekest ambling palfrey, to the touch of her finger on the reins. Who acts: daughter, only beast. A sentence of «Folk 
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 77

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The only beast she would bestride was a lion and every evening outside Nerankot she might have been seen riding a splendid maned lion, who, when bridled by her, was as docile as the meekest ambling palfrey, to the touch of her finger on the reins.

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**Who acts:** daughter, only beast · **What happens:** bestride, be, see, ride, bridle, amble · **To what, where:** only beast, lion, daughter, splendid maned lion, finger, reins

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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 (daughter, only beast), 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:pg76982:10:77
# text = The only beast she would bestride was a lion and every evening outside Nerankot she might have been seen riding a splendid maned lion, who, when bridled by her, was as docile as the meekest ambling palfrey, to the touch of her finger on the reins.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	bestride	bestride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Nerankot	Nerankot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux	_	_
18	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
20	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	xcomp	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	maned	maned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
29	bridled	bridle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	conj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	as	as	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	docile	docile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
36	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
38	meekest	meek	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	40	amod	_	_
39	ambling	amble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	amod	_	_
40	palfrey	palfrey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	parataxis	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	on	on	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestride** | would | daughter | the only beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme beast=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the only beast | a lion and every evening outside Nerankot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | might · perfect · passive |  | daughter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ride** | gerund | daughter *not said here* | a splendid maned lion |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme |
| 5 | **bridle** | participle · passive | daughter | a splendid maned lion |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
| 6 | **is** | past | the only beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the meekest ambling palfrey; the touch of daughter's finger on the reins *parataxis*; docile *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **amble** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **touch** |  |  | daughter's finger |  | the reins |  |  | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient on=place |

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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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