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title: The neighbours going in a body to the guilty rishi dilated on the si… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: The neighbours going in a body to the guilty rishi dilated on the sin that he had committed, until they had extracted from him a promise that he would by his austerities obtain water for their crops. Who acts: neighbours, sin, promise. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid,
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Round About Nasik., sentence 26

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The neighbours going in a body to the guilty rishi dilated on the sin that he had committed, until they had extracted from him a promise that he would by his austerities obtain water for their crops.

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**Who acts:** neighbours, sin, promise · **What happens:** go, dilate, commit, extract, obtain · **To what, where:** body, guilty rishi, sin, promise, water, neighbours

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Round About Nasik.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (neighbours, sin, promise), 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:pg76982:20:26
# text = The neighbours going in a body to the guilty rishi dilated on the sin that he had committed, until they had extracted from him a promise that he would by his austerities obtain water for their crops.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rishi	rishi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	dilated	dilate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	extracted	extract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	austerities	austerity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
34	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl	_	_
35	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | the neighbours *not said here* |  |  | a body |  | to the guilty rishi | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rishi=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **dilate** | participle |  | the guilty rishi *not said here* |  | the sin |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **commit** | past · perfect | sin | the sin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme |
| 4 | **extract** | past · perfect | neighbours *= neighbour* | a promise |  |  |  | from sin | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme from he=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **obtain** | would | a promise *not said here* | water |  |  |  | for neighbours's crops | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent water=Theme for crop=Asset |

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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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