--- title: “Yes, well beloved,” said the parrot, “there is one chance of his es… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, well beloved,” said the parrot, “there is one chance of his escape, but it is so remote that the king is sure to die. Who acts: parrot, one chance, way, king. 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 (parrot, one chance, way, king), 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:pg76982:11:78 # text = “Yes, well beloved,” said the parrot, “there is one chance of his escape, but it is so remote that the king is sure to die. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belov** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the parrot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one chance of chance's escape | the parrot *not said here* | | there | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot parrot=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | way | | | | | remote *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the king | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **chance** *in a quote* | | chance's escape | | | | | | nom chance «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **escape** *in a quote* | | chance | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=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:** «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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/79/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)