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title: Again filling the vessel with merchandise, the king, the minister an… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: Again filling the vessel with merchandise, the king, the minister and the some band of trusty companions went on board and weighing anchor, they set sail for the distant land wherein the princess dwelt. Who acts: king, companions, princess. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kin
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 28

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Again filling the vessel with merchandise, the king, the minister and the some band of trusty companions went on board and weighing anchor, they set sail for the distant land wherein the princess dwelt.

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**Who acts:** king, companions, princess · **What happens:** fill, go, weigh, set, dwell · **To what, where:** vessel, board, anchor, sail

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, companions, princess), 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:pg76982:11:28
# text = Again filling the vessel with merchandise, the king, the minister and the some band of trusty companions went on board and weighing anchor, they set sail for the distant land wherein the princess dwelt.
1	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	merchandise	merchandise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	trusty	trusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	weighing	weigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	conj	_	_
25	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
29	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
34	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions *not said here* | the vessel |  |  | again | with merchandise | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient with merchandise=Instrument |
| 2 | **go** | past | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions |  |  | board |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on board=Location |
| 3 | **weigh** | gerund | the king and the minister and the band of trusty companions *not said here* | anchor |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme anchor=Value |
| 4 | **set** | past | companions *= companion* | sail |  |  |  | for the distant land | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sail=Patient for land=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **dwell** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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