--- title: And so he was, in a twinkling, but the money-lender of course was bl… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And so he was, in a twinkling, but the money-lender of course was blind of both, and in trying to steer his way between the two new wells, he fell into one, and was drowned. Who acts: friend, twinkling. 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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 (friend, twinkling), 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:pg7128:22:48 # text = And so he was, in a twinkling, but the money-lender of course was blind of both, and in trying to steer his way between the two new wells, he fell into one, and was drowned. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 lender lender NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 steer steer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 between between ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 wells well NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | friend | | | a twinkling but the money lender of course | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | a twinkling but the money lender of course | | | | | of both; blind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | gerund | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **steer** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | friend *not said here* | friend's way | | the two new wells | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme between well=Destination | | 5 | **fall** | past | friend | | | | | into one *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into one=Result | | 6 | **drown** | past · passive | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/49/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)