--- title: I then began to think that my death was inevitable, considering that… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I then began to think that my death was inevitable, considering that those who were capable of doing so much would soon end my life; but just as she had the stroke drawn that would terminate my fate, the cock crew, and the witches disappeared, having resumed their natural shapes for fear of being kn --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 81 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 81 I then began to think that my death was inevitable, considering that those who were capable of doing so much would soon end my life; but just as she had the stroke drawn that would terminate my fate, the cock crew, and the witches disappeared, having resumed their natural shapes for fear of being known, and I got safe off with my bags of gold. **Who acts:** I, death, those, witches, my · **What happens:** begin, think, be, consider, do, end · **To what, where:** life, stroke, fate, resumed natural shapes, fear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, death, those, witches), 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:pg540:8:81 # text = I then began to think that my death was inevitable, considering that those who were capable of doing so much would soon end my life; but just as she had the stroke drawn that would terminate my fate, the cock crew, and the witches disappeared, having resumed their natural shapes for fear of being known, and I got safe off with my bags of gold. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 inevitable inevitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 14 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 24 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 terminate terminate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 52 resumed resume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 amod _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 of of SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 xcomp _ _ 66 off off ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | I | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | my death | | | | | inevitable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **consider** | gerund | my death *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | capable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **end** | would | those | my life | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality | | 8 | **have** | past | death | the stroke | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Patient | | 9 | **draw** | participle | | the stroke *not said here* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **terminate** | would | | my fate and the cock crew | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | | 11 | **disappear** | past | the witches | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **have** | gerund | the witches *not said here* | witches's resumed natural shapes | | | | for fear | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 13 | **resume** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 14 | **know** | gerund · passive | | fear *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | | 15 | **get** | past | I | | | | | with my bags of gold; safe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 16 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 17 | **fate** | | my | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/82/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)