--- title: After greeting his sister-in-law, the widowed queen, he began to mak… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: After greeting his sister-in-law, the widowed queen, he began to make everything ready for his marriage to the fairy queen; and in due time their wedding was celebrated with the greatest pomp and splendour. Who acts: king, sister. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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A. Kincaid, Rupsinh and the Queen of the Anardes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, sister), 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:pg76982:19:197 # text = After greeting his sister-in-law, the widowed queen, he began to make everything ready for his marriage to the fairy queen; and in due time their wedding was celebrated with the greatest pomp and splendour. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 greeting greet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 widowed widow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 17 obj _ _ 19 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | king *not said here* | | king's sister and the widowed queen | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | | 2 | **widow** | participle | | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | everything | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product | | 5 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | sister's wedding | | | time | with the greatest pomp and splendour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **marry** | | king | | | | | to the fairy queen | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 7 | **wed** | | sister | | | | | | nom wedding «event 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 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/196/) - next →: [sentence 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/198/) - ↑ back to [Rupsinh and the Queen of the Anardes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/)