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title: For the Brahman, who had said he was her brother was none other than… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: For the Brahman, who had said he was her brother was none other than Shri Krishna himself and his two so called kinsmen were his two friends Uddhav and Akrur; while the two maid-servants were Shri Krishna’s queens Rukmani and Satyabhama. Who acts: Brahman, two maid servants. A sentence of «Folk tale
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Magadha and Rupvati., sentence 77

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For the Brahman, who had said he was her brother was none other than Shri Krishna himself and his two so called kinsmen were his two friends Uddhav and Akrur; while the two maid-servants were Shri Krishna’s queens Rukmani and Satyabhama.

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**Who acts:** Brahman, two maid servants · **What happens:** say, be, call · **To what, where:** Shri queens, none, two kinsmen, two friends · **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 (Brahman, two maid servants), 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:pg76982:18:77
# text = For the Brahman, who had said he was her brother was none other than Shri Krishna himself and his two so called kinsmen were his two friends Uddhav and Akrur; while the two maid-servants were Shri Krishna’s queens Rukmani and Satyabhama.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	7	ccomp	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Shri	Shri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Krishna	Krishna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	nsubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
24	kinsmen	kinsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	acl:relcl	_	_
29	Uddhav	Uddhav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	Akrur	Akrur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
33	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
35	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
36	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nsubj	_	_
39	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
40	Shri	Shri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
41	Krishna	Krishna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	’s	's	PART	POS	_	40	case	_	_
43	queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
44	Rukmani	Rukmani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	Satyabhama	Satyabhama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Brahman | Shri queens |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Brahman | none |  |  |  | Magadha's brother *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  | Brahman's two kinsmen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | Brahman | Brahman's two friends |  |  |  | Uddhav and Akrur *appos* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past | the two maid servants |  |  |  |  | 's Shri | tree rules |

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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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