--- title: It was well that he thus resolved, for in the middle of the night th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was well that he thus resolved, for in the middle of the night the man rose up, and taking a sword in his hand, rushed to the prince with the intention of killing him. Who acts: grain, Brahmani, man, intention. 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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 (grain, Brahmani, man, intention), 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:pg7128:17:123 # text = It was well that he thus resolved, for in the middle of the night the man rose up, and taking a sword in his hand, rushed to the prince with the intention of killing him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | grain | | | | | well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **resolve** | past | Brahmani | | | | | for the middle of the night; thus *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **rise up** | past | the man | the night *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location night=Theme | | 4 | **take** | gerund | Brahmani *not said here* | a sword | | Brahmani's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **rush** | participle | | Brahmani's hand *not said here* | | | | to the prince with the intention *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to prince=Result | | 6 | **kill** | gerund | the intention *not said here* | Brahmani | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/124/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)