--- title: "Well," said Laili, "it is better that you should be killed than I,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Well," said Laili, "it is better that you should be killed than I, for if I were to be killed a second time, Khuda would not give me my life again; but I can bring you to life if you are killed." Who acts: Laili, Khuda. 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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 (Laili, Khuda), 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:pg7128:13:47 # text = "Well," said Laili, "it is better that you should be killed than I, for if I were to be killed a second time, Khuda would not give me my life again; but I can bring you to life if you are killed." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 expl _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 17 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 31 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Laili | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | should · passive | | you | | | | than Laili | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · passive | | Laili | | | time | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | would | Khuda | my life | Laili | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient life=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | can | Laili | you | | life | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to life=Destination | | 7 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/48/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)