--- title: Then at last did he realize that what was in his hands was not victo… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics description: Then at last did he realize that what was in his hands was not victory but defeat; and that the beauty and goodness of which we are not worthy, may not, in this life or the next, be taken by violence. Who acts: din, we, violence. A sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/17/) [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/) / [Indian tales of the great ones among m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/) / 17 # Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 4, sentence 17 Then at last did he realize that what was in his hands was not victory but defeat; and that the beauty and goodness of which we are not worthy, may not, in this life or the next, be taken by violence. **Who acts:** din, we, violence · **What happens:** realize, be, not be, take · **To what, where:** last, hands, victory · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (din, we, violence), 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:pg69647:4:17 # text = Then at last did he realize that what was in his hands was not victory but defeat; and that the beauty and goodness of which we are not worthy, may not, in this life or the next, be taken by violence. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 realize realize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **realize** | past · do-support | din | | | last | then | this life *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | din's hands | | din *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | | victory but defeat | | | | what *nsubj*; defeat *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | we | | | | | of goodness; worthy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive · passive | violence | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/18/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg69647/4/)