--- title: He had gone only one march when the news reached him that his missin… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: He had gone only one march when the news reached him that his missing queen and her lover had been found in the country of a neighbouring Raja, who was sending them back in chains to their master. Who acts: Nadir, news, neighbouring Raja. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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, news, neighbouring Raja), 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:pg76982:12:51 # text = He had gone only one march when the news reached him that his missing queen and her lover had been found in the country of a neighbouring Raja, who was sending them back in chains to their master. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 acl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | Nadir | one march | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | the news | Nadir | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | Nadir's missing queen and news's lover | | the country of a neighbouring Raja | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send back** | past · progressive | a neighbouring Raja | queen | | chains to queen's master | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in chain=Destination | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/52/) - ↑ back to [The Noose of Murad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/)