--- title: So ended the fortunes of the greedy and faithless adventurer; and th… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: So ended the fortunes of the greedy and faithless adventurer; and that is why men say to-day that it is better to be contented with one’s lot than to rise so high that in the end one dangles from the end of a rope forty or fifty feet above the ground. Who acts: that, men, day, end one. 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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 (that, men, day, end one), 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:pg76982:12:56 # text = So ended the fortunes of the greedy and faithless adventurer; and that is why men say to-day that it is better to be contented with one’s lot than to rise so high that in the end one dangles from the end of a rope forty or fifty feet above the ground. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 faithless faithless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 adventurer adventurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 parataxis _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 expl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 than than SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dangles dangle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 conj _ _ 52 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 53 above above ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | | the fortunes of the greedy adventurer | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fortune=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | men | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | day *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **content** | to-infinitive · passive | day *not said here* | | | | | with one lot | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 6 | **rise** | to-infinitive | day *not said here* | | | | | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dangle** | present | end one | | | | from the end of a rope forty feet above the ground | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/55/) - next →: [The Makli Hill., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/13/1/) - ↑ back to [The Noose of Murad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/12/)