--- title: She nearly died of envy and spite, determining to destroy the lad wi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She nearly died of envy and spite, determining to destroy the lad without delay; therefore, sending a servant to bring him to her presence, she asked him if he would sell her the pigeon he had just shot. Who acts: matter, King, pigeon. 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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 (matter, King, pigeon), 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:pg7128:19:8 # text = She nearly died of envy and spite, determining to destroy the lad without delay; therefore, sending a servant to bring him to her presence, she asked him if he would sell her the pigeon he had just shot. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 determining determine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | matter | | | | | of envy and spite; nearly *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of envy=Causer | | 2 | **determine** | gerund | matter *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | matter *not said here* | the lad | | | | without delay | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Patient | | 4 | **send** | gerund | matter *not said here* | a servant | | | | therefore *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | to-infinitive | matter *not said here* | King | | matter's presence | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to presence=Destination | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | matter | | King | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **sell** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | King | the pigeon | matter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pigeon=Theme | | 8 | **shoot** | past · perfect · passive | the pigeon *not said here* | King | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/9/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)