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title: For whereas in other spots the bull is regarded as Shiva’s servant,… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: For whereas in other spots the bull is regarded as Shiva’s servant, here the bull is regarded as the great god’s guru or teacher; for he taught the god to get rid of the vision that haunted him. Who acts: Shiva, vision. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Round About Nas
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Round About Nasik., sentence 86

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For whereas in other spots the bull is regarded as Shiva’s servant, here the bull is regarded as the great god’s guru or teacher; for he taught the god to get rid of the vision that haunted him.

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**Who acts:** Shiva, vision · **What happens:** regard, teach, get, haunt · **To what, where:** bull, god, Shiva

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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 (Shiva, vision), 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:pg76982:20:86
# text = For whereas in other spots the bull is regarded as Shiva’s servant, here the bull is regarded as the great god’s guru or teacher; for he taught the god to get rid of the vision that haunted him.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whereas	wherea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Shiva	Shiva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	’s	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’s	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	guru	guru	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
36	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	xcomp	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj	_	_
41	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | present · passive |  | the bull |  |  |  | for whereas in other spots; as Shiva's servant | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for wherea=Attribute |
| 2 | **regard** | present · passive |  | the bull |  | here |  | as the great god's guru or teacher | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as guru=Value |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Shiva |  | the god |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | Shiva *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **haunt** | past | the vision | Shiva |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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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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