--- title: As soon as the merchant was gone Wali Dâd made up his mind that ther… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the merchant was gone Wali Dâd made up his mind that there was only one honourable way out of the shame and distress that he had created by his foolishness, and that was—to kill himself. Who acts: merchant, one honourable way, Wali, that. 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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 (merchant, one honourable way, Wali, that), 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:pg3282:34:85 # text = As soon as the merchant was gone Wali Dâd made up his mind that there was only one honourable way out of the shame and distress that he had created by his foolishness, and that was—to kill himself. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 8 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 9 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 honourable honourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 37 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the merchant | | | | | Wali *obl*; gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | past | | Wali's mind | | | | soon *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **be** | past | one honourable way out the shame and distress | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **create** | past · perfect | Wali | the shame and distress *not said here* | | | | by Wali's foolishness | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Result | | 5 | **be** | past | that | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | Wali | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | Wali | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/86/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/34/)