--- title: The clerk laughs: «I should think you were pretty well known in thes… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: T… · tree and pragmatics description: The clerk laughs: «I should think you were pretty well known in these parts ... if you've tried this game on often»; «you're obstructing the other passengers» (obstructing = blocking). Who acts: clerk, I, you. 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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 (clerk, I, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:054-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket.lesson:18 # text = The clerk laughs: «I should think you were pretty well known in these parts ... if you've tried this game on often»; «you're obstructing the other passengers» (obstructing = blocking). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 054-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:det 2 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:parataxis 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 11 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 ... ... PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 on on ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 25 often often ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 « « PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 obstructing obstruct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 passengers passenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 » » PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 37 obstructing obstruct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=31:advcl 38 = = SYM SYM _ 39 punct _ _ 39 blocking block VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | the clerk | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past · passive | | you | | this parts | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | you | this game | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | | 5 | **obstruct** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | the other passengers | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **obstruct** | gerund | | | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 7 | **block** | gerund | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:054-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket.lesson:18`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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