--- title: At last, though it went sorely against the grain to be of any benefi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, though it went sorely against the grain to be of any benefit to a money-lender, the farmer was forced to yield, and from that time, no matter what he gained by the power of the conch, the money-lender gained double. Who acts: manger, benefit, farmer, lender. 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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 (manger, benefit, farmer, lender), 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:pg7128:22:40 # text = At last, though it went sorely against the grain to be of any benefit to a money-lender, the farmer was forced to yield, and from that time, no matter what he gained by the power of the conch, the money-lender gained double. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 sorely sorely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 benefit benefit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 lender lender NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 lender lender NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 50 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 51 double double ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | manger | | | the grain | | sorely *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against grain=Location | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of any benefit; to a money lender | tree rules | | 3 | **force** | past · passive | any benefit *not said here* | the farmer | | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **yield** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gain** | past | lender | no matter | | | | by the power of the conch | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 6 | **gain** | participle | | the money lender *not said here* | | | | double *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/41/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)