--- title: Poor Motishah’s right leg was by this time all but burnt off; but wh… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: Poor Motishah’s right leg was by this time all but burnt off; but when he saw the king coming back he put his left leg on the shield and over his shoulders the king climbed across the fire trench. Who acts: right leg, Mansing, king. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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 (right leg, Mansing, king), 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:pg76982:16:58 # text = Poor Motishah’s right leg was by this time all but burnt off; but when he saw the king coming back he put his left leg on the shield and over his shoulders the king climbed across the fire trench. 1 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Motishah Motishah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 38 across across ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 trench trench NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Poor Motishah's right leg | | | | by this time | | tree rules | | 2 | **burnt off** | participle | | this time *not said here* | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Mansing | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come back** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past | the king | Mansing's left leg | | the shield | | Mansing *nsubj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme on shield=Destination | | 6 | **climb** | past | the king | | | Mansing's shoulders | | across the fire trench | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Initial\_Location across trench=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. 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