--- title: Instead of the fixed kindly look, that she had been used to give him… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: Instead of the fixed kindly look, that she had been used to give him, her eyes flashed with demoniac fury and instead of a blessing, she cursed him “Murad the Bald,” she screamed at him “you will rise higher still, you will be hanged.” Who acts: Allah, you. 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A. Kincaid, The Noose of Murad.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Allah, you), 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:pg76982:12:26 # text = Instead of the fixed kindly look, that she had been used to give him, her eyes flashed with demoniac fury and instead of a blessing, she cursed him “Murad the Bald,” she screamed at him “you will rise higher still, you will be hanged.” 1 Instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 6 mark _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 iobj _ _ 19 flashed flash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 demoniac demoniac NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 cursed curse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Murad Murad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Bald Bald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | kindly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **look** | present | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | Allah | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | | | Allah's eyes | | | proverb *iobj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient eye=Theme | | 5 | **flash** | participle | | Allah's eyes *not said here* | | | | with demoniac fury and a blessing | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fury=Theme | | 6 | **curse** | past | Allah | proverb | | | | Murad *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | Allah | | | | | at proverb | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location | | 8 | **rise** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **hange** *in a quote* | future · passive | | you | | | | | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/27/) - ↑ back to [The Noose of Murad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/)