--- title: So alarmed were the Hindus that, so the story runs, all their cookin… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: So alarmed were the Hindus that, so the story runs, all their cooking pots fell from their shelves; and exclaiming that a camel had entered the king’s head [2], they went in a body to his minister Aho. Who acts: story, cooking pots, pots. 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 (story, cooking pots, pots), 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:pg76982:8:13 # text = So alarmed were the Hindus that, so the story runs, all their cooking pots fell from their shelves; and exclaiming that a camel had entered the king’s head [2], they went in a body to his minister Aho. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hindus Hindu PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 obl:agent _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shelves shelf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 Aho Aho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alarm** | participle | the story *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the Hindus | | | | that *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | present | the story | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | Ratno's cooking pots | | | pots's shelves | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shelf=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | the story *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **enter** | past · perfect · passive | | a camel | | | | the king's head *obj*; 2 *flat* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past | pots *= pot* | | | a body | | to story's minister | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to minister=Initial\_Location | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/8/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/8/14/) - ↑ back to [Udero Lal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/8/)