--- title: It is, however," he added, "impossible that the parrot should sustai… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It is, however," he added, "impossible that the parrot should sustain any injury, both on account of the inaccessibility of the country, and because, by my appointment, many thousand genii surround the palm trees, and kill all who approach the place." 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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 (parrot, country, many thousand genii), 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:pg7128:10:46 # text = It is, however," he added, "impossible that the parrot should sustain any injury, both on account of the inaccessibility of the country, and because, by my appointment, many thousand genii surround the palm trees, and kill all who approach the place." 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sustain sustain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 csubj _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 inaccessibility inaccessibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 appointment appointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 surround surround VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obj _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 approach approach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | parrot | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | country | | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sustain** | should | the parrot | any injury | | both account of the inaccessibility of the country | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme | | 4 | **surround** | present | many thousand genii | the palm trees | | | | by my appointment | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme | | 5 | **kill** | infinitive | country *not said here* | all | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 6 | **approach** | present | | the place | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **account** | | | the inaccessibility of the country | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/47/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)