--- title: The “death index,” as we may call tokens that tell the state of heal… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The “death index,” as we may call tokens that tell the state of health of a parted partner, is a usual incident in the theme of the Two Brothers, and has been studied by the Grimms, i. 421, 453; ii. Who acts: we, tokens, death index, Grimms. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXII --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [XXIII. Red Ettin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/) / 8 # English Fairy Tales, XXIII. Red Ettin., sentence 8 The “death index,” as we may call tokens that tell the state of health of a parted partner, is a usual incident in the theme of the Two Brothers, and has been studied by the Grimms, i. 421, 453; ii. **Who acts:** we, tokens, death index, Grimms · **What happens:** call, tell, part, be, study · **To what, where:** tokens, state, usual incident, theme · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXIII. Red Ettin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, tokens, death index, Grimms), 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:pg7439:73:8 # text = The “death index,” as we may call tokens that tell the state of health of a parted partner, is a usual incident in the theme of the Two Brothers, and has been studied by the Grimms, i. 421, 453; ii. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 index index NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 11 tokens token NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 incident incident NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 theme theme NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 Brothers Brother PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Grimms Grimm PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 i. i. X FW Foreign=Yes 44 nsubj _ _ 44 421 421 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 453 453 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 48 ii II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | may | we | tokens | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent token=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | tokens | the state of health of a parted partner | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent state=Recipient | | 3 | **part** | participle | | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | the death index | a usual incident | | the theme of the Two Brothers | | | tree rules | | 5 | **study** | present · perfect · passive | the Grimms 421 | a usual incident *not said here* | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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/pg7439/73/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/9/) - ↑ back to [XXIII. 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