--- title: He simply wished to know if the man was in debt or not; because, if… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He simply wished to know if the man was in debt or not; because, if the owner of the field was in debt, then the produce of the field was as good as eaten to him; that is, it would have to go to his creditors." Who acts: Father, man, owner, debt. 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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 (Father, man, owner, debt), 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:pg7128:26:29 # text = He simply wished to know if the man was in debt or not; because, if the owner of the field was in debt, then the produce of the field was as good as eaten to him; that is, it would have to go to his creditors." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 simply simply ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 produce produce NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 creditors creditor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | Father | | | | | simply *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the man | | | debt | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the owner of the field | | | debt and the produce of the field | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | debt and the produce of the field | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | participle | debt and the produce of the field *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | would · present | that | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | man's creditors | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to creditor=Initial\_Location | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/30/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)