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title: As the Sanskrit verse has it “Courage is his father, Forgiveness is… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: As the Sanskrit verse has it “Courage is his father, Forgiveness is his mother, Tranquility is his wife; Truth is his son, Mercy is his sister, Self-restraint is his brother, Earth is his bed and the eight directions are his dwelling place.” Who acts: Sanskrit verse, Courage, Forgiveness, Tranquilit
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Round About Nasik., sentence 7

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As the Sanskrit verse has it “Courage is his father, Forgiveness is his mother, Tranquility is his wife; Truth is his son, Mercy is his sister, Self-restraint is his brother, Earth is his bed and the eight directions are his dwelling place.”

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**Who acts:** Sanskrit verse, Courage, Forgiveness, Tranquility, Truth, Mercy · **What happens:** have, be, dwell · **To what, where:** anchorite, father, mother, wife, son, sister · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Sanskrit verse, Courage, Forgiveness, Tranquility), 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:pg76982:20:7
# text = As the Sanskrit verse has it “Courage is his father, Forgiveness is his mother, Tranquility is his wife; Truth is his son, Mercy is his sister, Self-restraint is his brother, Earth is his bed and the eight directions are his dwelling place.”
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Sanskrit	Sanskrit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	Tranquility	tranquility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	Truth	Truth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	Mercy	Mercy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
33	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	restraint	restraint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
47	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
48	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
50	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	51	amod	_	_
51	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Sanskrit verse | anchorite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Courage | verse's father and verse's mother and verse's wife |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Forgiveness | verse's mother |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Tranquility | verse's wife |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Truth | verse's son and verse's bed |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Mercy | verse's sister and verse's brother |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Self restraint | verse's brother |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Earth | verse's bed |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 9 | **dwell** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the eight directions | verse's dwelling place |  |  |  | verse *nmod:poss* | 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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