Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 4, sentence 17
Then at last did he realize that what was in his hands was not victory but defeat; and that the beauty and goodness of which we are not worthy, may not, in this life or the next, be taken by violence.
Who acts: din, we, violence · What happens: realize, be, not be, take · To what, where: last, hands, victory · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (din, we, violence), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 realize | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 realize | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 realize | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 realize | nsubj |
| 6 | realize | realize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 victory | mark |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 victory | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hands | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 victory | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 victory | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 victory | advmod |
| 15 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 realize | ccomp |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 defeat | cc |
| 17 | defeat | defeat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 victory | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 may | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 may | cc |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 may | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 beauty | det |
| 22 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 may | nsubj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 goodness | cc |
| 24 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 beauty | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 which | case |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 worthy | obl |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 worthy | nsubj |
| 28 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 worthy | cop |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 worthy | advmod |
| 30 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 goodness | acl:relcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 beauty | punct |
| 32 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 realize | conj |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 may | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 life | punct |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 life | case |
| 36 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 life | det |
| 37 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 realize | parataxis |
| 38 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 40 next | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 next | det |
| 40 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 life | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 taken | punct |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 taken | aux:pass |
| 43 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 realize | parataxis |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 violence | case |
| 45 | violence | violence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 taken | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 realize | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | realize | past · do-support | din | last | then | this life parataxis | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||
| 2 | is | past | din's hands | din nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a | past | victory but defeat | what nsubj; defeat conj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not is | present | we | of goodness; worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | take | infinitive · passive | violence | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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: «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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