--- title: He wished he had sufficient excuse to put the boy to death, for the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wished he had sufficient excuse to put the boy to death, for the old hermit’s prophecy came back to him as strongly as ever; and yet the young man had done nothing bad enough to deserve such a punishment. Who acts: story, young man. 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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, young man), 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:pg3282:33:86 # text = He wished he had sufficient excuse to put the boy to death, for the old hermit’s prophecy came back to him as strongly as ever; and yet the young man had done nothing bad enough to deserve such a punishment. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 prophecy prophecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 yet yet ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 obj _ _ 37 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 enough enough ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 deserve deserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 43 det:predet _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | story | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | story | sufficient excuse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Patient | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | story *not said here* | sufficient excuse *not said here* | the boy | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent boy=Goal | | 4 | **come back** | past | story *not said here* | | story | | | for the old hermit's prophecy; strongly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | the young man | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 6 | **deserve** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | such punishment | | | | | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/87/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)