--- title: But he will not live to pass the plate to all his courtiers, for it… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: But he will not live to pass the plate to all his courtiers, for it is poisoned and as he passes it round, the poison on it will enter the pores of his skin and will kill him in a few seconds.” Who acts: king, poison. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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 (king, poison), 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:pg76982:11:64 # text = But he will not live to pass the plate to all his courtiers, for it is poisoned and as he passes it round, the poison on it will enter the pores of his skin and will kill him in a few seconds.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 round round ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 pores pore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | future | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the plate | king's courtiers | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent plate=Theme to courtier=Recipient | | 3 | **poison** | present · passive | | plate | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **pass** | present | king | plate | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 5 | **enter** | future | the poison on plate | the pores of king's skin | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pore=Destination | | 6 | **kill** | future | king *not said here* | king | | | second | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/65/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)