--- title: He sent for Murad and begged him to speak the truth: “If my queen an… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: He sent for Murad and begged him to speak the truth: “If my queen and servant have really gone to Mecca, it is useless to search for them here; but if Nur Mahomed Kalhoro is secretly keeping my queen, then I shall slay him and give his throne to the man, who tells me the whole truth.” Who acts: Nadi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/) / [The Noose of Murad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/) / 45 # Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Noose of Murad., sentence 45 He sent for Murad and begged him to speak the truth: “If my queen and servant have really gone to Mecca, it is useless to search for them here; but if Nur Mahomed Kalhoro is secretly keeping my queen, then I shall slay him and give his throne to the man, who tells me the whole truth.” **Who acts:** Nadir, queen, truth, Nur, man · **What happens:** send, beg, speak, go, be, search · **To what, where:** Nadir, truth, Mecca, queen, throne, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Noose of Murad.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nadir, queen, truth, Nur), 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:pg76982:12:45 # text = He sent for Murad and begged him to speak the truth: “If my queen and servant have really gone to Mecca, it is useless to search for them here; but if Nur Mahomed Kalhoro is secretly keeping my queen, then I shall slay him and give his throne to the man, who tells me the whole truth.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Murad Murad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 If if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 really really ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Mecca Mecca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 37 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 Kalhoro Kalhoro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Nadir | | | | | for Murad | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Nadir *not said here* | | Nadir | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nadir *not said here* | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | my queen and servant | | | Mecca | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mecca=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | truth | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **search** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | truth *not said here* | | | here | | for queen | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | | 7 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · progressive | Nur | my queen | | | | secretly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | shall | Nadir | Nadir | | | then | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nadir *not said here* | Nadir's throne | the man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent throne=Theme to man=Recipient | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the man | the whole truth | Nadir | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient truth=Topic | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/46/) - ↑ back to [The Noose of Murad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/)