--- title: He was listening to the singing of his dancing girls and the music o… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: He was listening to the singing of his dancing girls and the music of his players; but as soon as he learnt that the queen was outside, he stopped the music and the singing and had the queen brought before him with the greatest respect. Who acts: Emperor, queen. 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A. Kincaid, King Mansing of Sirohi.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, queen), 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:pg76982:16:14 # text = He was listening to the singing of his dancing girls and the music of his players; but as soon as he learnt that the queen was outside, he stopped the music and the singing and had the queen brought before him with the greatest respect. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 outside outside ADV RB _ 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past · progressive | Emperor | | | | | to the singing of Emperor's dancing girls and the music of Emperor's players | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to singing=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | past | Emperor | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the queen | | | | | outside *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stop** | past | Emperor | the music and the singing | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector music=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | past | Emperor *not said here* | the queen | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | | 6 | **bring** | participle | | the queen *not said here* | | | before Emperor | with the greatest respect | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before he=Destination | | 7 | **sing** | | | Emperor's dancing girls and the music of Emperor's players | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/16/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/16/15/) - ↑ back to [King Mansing of Sirohi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/16/)