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title: They were followers of a family known to history as the Kalhoras, wh… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: They were followers of a family known to history as the Kalhoras, whose family name Abbassi lent strength to their claim that they were sprung from the loins of Abbas, the uncle of the holy Prophet. Who acts: tribesmen, followers, Kalhoras. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kin
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Makli Hill., sentence 109

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They were followers of a family known to history as the Kalhoras, whose family name Abbassi lent strength to their claim that they were sprung from the loins of Abbas, the uncle of the holy Prophet.

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**Who acts:** tribesmen, followers, Kalhoras · **What happens:** be, know, lend, spring, name, claim · **To what, where:** followers, family, strength, claim, tribesmen, loins

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Makli Hill.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tribesmen, followers, Kalhoras), 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:pg76982:13:109
# text = They were followers of a family known to history as the Kalhoras, whose family name Abbassi lent strength to their claim that they were sprung from the loins of Abbas, the uncle of the holy Prophet.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Kalhoras	Kalhoras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	Abbassi	Abbassi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
18	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	loins	loin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Abbas	Abbas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | tribesmen *= tribesman* | followers |  |  |  | of a family | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | a family *not said here* |  |  |  | to history; as the Kalhoras | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as kalhoras=Attribute |
| 3 | **lend** | past | followers | strength | tribesmen's claim |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to claim=Recipient |
| 4 | **spring** | past · passive |  | tribesmen *= tribesman* |  | the loins of Abbas |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **name** |  | the Kalhoras |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **claim** |  | tribesmen *= tribesman* |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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