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title: But the King of Death could no more send his messengers to the Earth… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the King of Death could no more send his messengers to the Earth; so everything lived forever--the men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people all lived; and yet new men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people were always coming to the Earth, as before. Who acts: King, everythi
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 4, sentence 151

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But the King of Death could no more send his messengers to the Earth; so everything lived forever--the men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people all lived; and yet new men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people were always coming to the Earth, as before.

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**Who acts:** King, everything, men, new men · **What happens:** send, live, come · **To what, where:** messengers, Earth

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This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, everything, men, new men), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg69647:4:152
# text = But the King of Death could no more send his messengers to the Earth; so everything lived forever--the men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people all lived; and yet new men and women and beasts and birds and flower-people were always coming to the Earth, as before.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	no	no	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
9	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	nsubj	_	_
18	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
19	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
33	all	all	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
37	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	_
50	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	52	advmod	_	_
52	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	before	before	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | the King of Death | King's messengers | the Earth |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to earth=Destination |
| 2 | **live** | past | everything |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | past | the men and women and beasts and birds and flower people |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | past · progressive | new men and women and beasts and birds and flower people |  |  | the Earth |  | always, before *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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.

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