--- title: As he prayed, he heard the hen sparrow say to her mate: “The king of… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: As he prayed, he heard the hen sparrow say to her mate: “The king of this city is a fool” and thereupon she told the cock sparrow the whole tale of the queen of the Anardes. Who acts: king, hen sparrow, Shiva, queen. 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, hen sparrow, Shiva, 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:pg76982:19:233 # text = As he prayed, he heard the hen sparrow say to her mate: “The king of this city is a fool” and thereupon she told the cock sparrow the whole tale of the queen of the Anardes. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Anardes Anarde PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | king | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **hear** | past | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the hen sparrow | | Shiva's mate | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mate=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the king of this city | a fool | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Shiva | the cock sparrow | | | | the whole tale of the queen of the Anardes *obj*; thereupon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sparrow=Recipient tale=Topic | | 6 | **tell** | | the queen of the Anardes | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 232](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/232/) - next →: [sentence 234](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/234/) - ↑ back to [Rupsinh and the Queen of the Anardes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/19/)