--- title: The Magician asks all the animals, who say «not us»; he asks the old… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Magician asks all the animals, who say «not us»; he asks the old Fisherman in the Moon, who spins a line to catch the world, and the Rat in the Moon, who bites the line. Who acts: Magician, animals, animal, old Fisherman. 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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 (Magician, animals, animal, old Fisherman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:090-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician.lesson:8 # text = The Magician asks all the animals, who say «not us»; he asks the old Fisherman in the Moon, who spins a line to catch the world, and the Rat in the Moon, who bites the line. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 090-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ _ 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Magician | | all animals | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | all animals | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | animal | the old Fisherman and the Rat in the Moon | | the Moon | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fisherman=Recipient | | 4 | **spin** | present | the old Fisherman and the Rat in the Moon | a line | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent line=Theme | | 5 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the old Fisherman and the Rat in the Moon *not said here* | the world | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme | | 6 | **bite** | present | the Rat in the Moon | the line | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient | 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. 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