--- title: He thought to himself that if the bull could purify itself from Brah… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: He thought to himself that if the bull could purify itself from Brahman murder, he (Shiva) could, by doing what it did, purify himself from the sin of having burnt off one of Brahmadev’s five heads. Who acts: Shiva, bull, talk, sin. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shiva, bull, talk, sin), 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:pg76982:20:73 # text = He thought to himself that if the bull could purify itself from Brahman murder, he (Shiva) could, by doing what it did, purify himself from the sin of having burnt off one of Brahmadev’s five heads. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Brahman brahman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Shiva Shiva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 35 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 36 off off ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 Brahmadev Brahmadev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Shiva | | Shiva | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **purify** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | the bull | talk | | | | from Brahman murder | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer itself=Source from murder=Theme | | 3 | **do** | gerund | Shiva *not said here* | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** | past | talk | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **purify** | infinitive | Shiva *not said here* | Shiva | | | | from the sin | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer himself=Source from sin=Theme | | 6 | **have** | gerund | the sin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **burnt off** | participle | the sin *not said here* | one of Brahmadev's five heads | | | | | tree rules | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/20/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/20/74/) - ↑ back to [Round About Nasik.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/20/)