--- title: The wedding ceremonies of the king and his bride were celebrated wit… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The wedding ceremonies of the king and his bride were celebrated with great splendour; and in the middle of them, the king seeing a beautiful gold plate stretched out his hand to take it and to collect alms for the officiating Brahmans. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg76982:11:86 # text = The wedding ceremonies of the king and his bride were celebrated with great splendour; and in the middle of them, the king seeing a beautiful gold plate stretched out his hand to take it and to collect alms for the officiating Brahmans. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 alms alm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 officiating officiate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 Brahmans Brahman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | the wedding ceremonies of the king and king's bride | | | | with great splendour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the king *not said here* | a beautiful gold plate | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plate=Stimulus | | 3 | **stretch out** | participle · passive | | the king | | the middle of services | | king's hand *obj* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient hand=Result | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | | plate | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **collect** | to-infinitive | | alms | | | | for the officiating Brahmans | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alm=Theme | | 6 | **officiate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/87/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)