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title: The saint is invisible, but the mujavars or attendants of the mosque… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics
description: The saint is invisible, but the mujavars or attendants of the mosque or temple know that he has been there; for when the forty days begin they place in front of the niche the Koran open at the first page and when the forty days are past, they find the Koran open at the last page. Who acts: saint, mu
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# Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Jinda Pir., sentence 67

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The saint is invisible, but the mujavars or attendants of the mosque or temple know that he has been there; for when the forty days begin they place in front of the niche the Koran open at the first page and when the forty days are past, they find the Koran open at the last page.

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**Who acts:** saint, mujavars, person, forty days · **What happens:** be, know, begin, place, find · **To what, where:** front, Koran, last page · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Jinda Pir.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (saint, mujavars, person, forty days), 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:pg76982:9:67
# text = The saint is invisible, but the mujavars or attendants of the mosque or temple know that he has been there; for when the forty days begin they place in front of the niche the Koran open at the first page and when the forty days are past, they find the Koran open at the last page.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mujavars	mujavar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	cop	_	_
21	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	28	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
28	begin	begin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	niche	niche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	Koran	Koran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	42	amod	_	_
42	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
44	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	49	mark	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
47	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
48	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
49	past	past	ADV	RB	_	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Koran	Koran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	xcomp	_	_
56	at	at	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the saint |  |  |  |  | invisible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | the mujavars or attendants of the mosque or temple |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present · perfect | person |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **begin** | present | the forty days |  |  | front of the niche |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **place** |  | mujavars *= mujavar* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | the forty days |  |  |  |  | past *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **find** | present | mujavars *= mujavar* | the Koran |  | the last page |  | open *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent koran=Theme at page=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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