--- title: Now being so rich, and having so much to lose, he felt that it would… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now being so rich, and having so much to lose, he felt that it would be a terrible thing to die and leave all his possessions behind; so he made up his mind to set out in search of a land where there was no death. Who acts: man, prayer. 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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 (man, prayer), 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:pg540:27:3 # text = Now being so rich, and having so much to lose, he felt that it would be a terrible thing to die and leave all his possessions behind; so he made up his mind to set out in search of a land where there was no death. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 7 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 behind behind ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | now | rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | man *not said here* | much | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feel** | past | man | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | would | prayer | a terrible thing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **die** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **leave** | infinitive | man *not said here* | man's possessions | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 8 | **make up** | past | man | man's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 9 | **set out** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | search of a land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **possess** | | man | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **mind** | | man | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **search** | | | a land | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/4/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)