--- title: He must have been a bad man indeed, and no knight at all, in that ev… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: He must have been a bad man indeed, and no knight at all, in that even the vision of Perfect Beauty had not the power to kill in him that which was base and self-seeking. Who acts: He, Perfect Beauty. 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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 (He, Perfect Beauty), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg69647:4:1 # text = He must have been a bad man indeed, and no knight at all, in that even the vision of Perfect Beauty had not the power to kill in him that which was base and self-seeking. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 18 even even ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must · perfect | He | a bad man and no knight at all and the vision that of Perfect Beauty | | | | no knight at all *conj*; the vision that of Perfect Beauty *conj*; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Perfect Beauty *not said here* | the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Perfect Beauty *not said here* | the power *not said here* | | | | in him *= he* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | | base | | | | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **seek** | gerund | | | | | | self *compound* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (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: [Opening, part 3, 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/3/121/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)