--- title: They did not wish to kill him--though, perhaps, they would not have… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They did not wish to kill him--though, perhaps, they would not have been sorry if they had heard he was dead--but merely wished to remind him that he was after all only a child, not half so old and wise as they. Who acts: brothers, envy. 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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 (brothers, envy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3027:16:62 # text = They did not wish to kill him--though, perhaps, they would not have been sorry if they had heard he was dead--but merely wished to remind him that he was after all only a child, not half so old and wise as they. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 though though ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 18 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 merely merely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 40 appos _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | envy | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **not** **have** | infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | participle | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | envy | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** | participle | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | merely *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | envy | | | as brothers *= brother* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | past | envy | | | | after all child | | 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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)