--- title: “Go back to the King of Death and say: ‘The boy who loves the life h… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: “Go back to the King of Death and say: ‘The boy who loves the life he knows, says that he cannot come to the new life which he does not know.’” Who acts: you, boy, King. 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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 (you, boy, King), 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:pg69647:4:118 # text = “Go back to the King of Death and say: ‘The boy who loves the life he knows, says that he cannot come to the new life which he does not know.’” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 22 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to the King of Death *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | the boy | the life | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | King | the life *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | can | King | | | the new life | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | King | the new life | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | 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: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/118/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)