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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 (you, suggestion), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:8:32 # text = Don’t you think it would be a pity to kill this fine young Kyang in the ordinary way by seizing his throat, for if you do so a great deal of his blood will be wasted? 1 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Kyang Kyang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 wasted waste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | would | suggestion | a pity | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | fine young Kyang this | | the ordinary way | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kyang=Theme | | 5 | **seize** | gerund | you *not said here* | Kyang's throat | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Theme | | 6 | **waste** | present · passive · do-support | | a great deal of Kyang's blood | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **deal** | | | Kyang's blood | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/33/) - ↑ back to [The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/)