--- title: The first difficulty he overcame by breaking a pod of musk and letti… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The first difficulty he overcame by breaking a pod of musk and letting its perfume spread among his guests, at the same time exclaiming with prophetic truth that his baby boy’s fame would diffuse itself through the world like the fragrance of the musk. 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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 (difficulty, first difficulty, same time, fame), 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:pg76982:13:21 # text = The first difficulty he overcame by breaking a pod of musk and letting its perfume spread among his guests, at the same time exclaiming with prophetic truth that his baby boy’s fame would diffuse itself through the world like the fragrance of the musk. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pod pod NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 musk musk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 25 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 prophetic prophetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 diffuse diffuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 37 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 musk musk NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past | difficulty | the first difficulty *not said here* | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot difficulty=Theme | | 2 | **break** | gerund | difficulty *not said here* | a pod of musk | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pod=Patient | | 3 | **let** | gerund | difficulty *not said here* | musk's perfume | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfume=Theme | | 4 | **spread** | past | the first difficulty | | | | time | among Humayun's guests | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among guest=Location | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | the same time *not said here* | | | | | with prophetic truth | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **diffuse** | would | Humayun's baby boy's fame | prophetic truth | | the world | | like the fragrance of the musk | tree rules | | 7 | **perfume** | | musk | | | | | | nom perfume «cognition transitive»: poss=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/13/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/13/22/) - ↑ back to [The Makli Hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/13/)