--- title: “Guard the throne for my son,” said the dying man, “and when he is o… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: “Guard the throne for my son,” said the dying man, “and when he is of an age to rule by himself, give him seven of the eight keys; but do not give him the eighth until he has ruled for five years.” Who acts: Guard. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Guard), 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:pg76982:11:5 # text = “Guard the throne for my son,” said the dying man, “and when he is of an age to rule by himself, give him seven of the eight keys; but do not give him the eighth until he has ruled for five years.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 eighth eighth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Guard | the dying man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Guard | | | | of a age | | tree rules | | 4 | **rule** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Guard *not said here* | | | | | by Guard | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Guard *not said here* | seven of the eight keys | Guard | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient seven=Theme | | 6 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | the eighth | Guard | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient eighth=Theme | | 7 | **rule** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Guard | | | year | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | 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 of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/6/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)