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title: She was so pleased that she began cooking at once; and two maid-serv… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: She was so pleased that she began cooking at once; and two maid-servants, whom she had never seen before helped her and swept the floor of the dining room and got baths ready for the Brahmans; when dinner was ready the newcomer called in the 108 other Brahmans and he and his two kinsmen served the d
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Magadha and Rupvati., sentence 68

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She was so pleased that she began cooking at once; and two maid-servants, whom she had never seen before helped her and swept the floor of the dining room and got baths ready for the Brahmans; when dinner was ready the newcomer called in the 108 other Brahmans and he and his two kinsmen served the dinner on leaves, which turned into gold plates when the guests touched them.

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**Who acts:** Magadha, two maid servants, dinner, Brahman, leaves, guests · **What happens:** be, begin, cook, not see, help, sweep · **To what, where:** two maid servants, Magadha, floor, baths, newcomer, dinner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Magadha and Rupvati.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Magadha, two maid servants, dinner, Brahman), 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:pg76982:18:68
# text = She was so pleased that she began cooking at once; and two maid-servants, whom she had never seen before helped her and swept the floor of the dining room and got baths ready for the Brahmans; when dinner was ready the newcomer called in the 108 other Brahmans and he and his two kinsmen served the dinner on leaves, which turned into gold plates when the guests touched them.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
14	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
23	before	before	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	dining	dining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
36	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
37	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	xcomp	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Brahmans	Brahman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
42	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	45	advmod	_	_
43	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
45	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
48	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	108	108	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	53	nummod	_	_
52	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	Brahmans	Brahman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	48	xcomp	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
58	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
59	kinsmen	kinsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nsubj	_	_
60	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	_
63	on	on	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	67	nsubj	_	_
67	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	acl:relcl	_	_
68	into	into	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	_
70	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	obl	_	_
71	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	74	advmod	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	nsubj	_	_
74	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	advcl	_	_
75	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Magadha |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | past | Magadha |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cook** | gerund | Magadha *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | Magadha | two maid servants |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **help** | past | two maid servants |  | Magadha |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 6 | **sweep** | past | two maid servants *not said here* | the floor of the dining room |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory |
| 7 | **get** | past | two maid servants *not said here* | baths |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bath=Stimulus |
| 8 | **is** | past | dinner |  |  |  |  | the newcomer *nsubj*; ready *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **call** | participle |  | the newcomer *not said here* |  |  |  | the 108 other Brahmans *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **serve** | past | Brahman | the dinner |  | leaves |  | Brahman's two kinsmen *nsubj* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Attribute |
| 11 | **turn** | past | leaves |  |  | gold plates |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into plate=Trajectory |
| 12 | **touch** | past | the guests | newcomers *= newcomer* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |

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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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