--- title: Then he knew his son was dead, and to punish the person who had kill… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he knew his son was dead, and to punish the person who had killed him he said he must have the Otter’s skin filled with gold, and covered all over with red gold, or it should go worse with him. Who acts: Otter, son, person. 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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 (Otter, son, person), 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:pg540:51:39 # text = Then he knew his son was dead, and to punish the person who had killed him he said he must have the Otter’s skin filled with gold, and covered all over with red gold, or it should go worse with him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 over over ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 43 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 xcomp _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Otter | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Otter's son | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **punish** | to-infinitive | Otter *not said here* | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | the person | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the person | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | must | Otter | the Otter's skin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 7 | **fill** | participle | | the Otter's skin *not said here* | | | | with gold | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gold=Instrument | | 8 | **cover** | past | | | | | | with red gold; over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | | 9 | **go** | should | person | | | | | with Otter; bad *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Sigurd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/)