--- title: Cin-cin-na-tus was so wise and just that every-body trusted him, and… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: Cin-cin-na-tus was so wise and just that every-body trusted him, and asked his advice; and when any one was in trouble, and did not know what to do, his neighbors would say,-- Who acts: Cin, that, one, neighbors. 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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 (Cin, that, one, neighbors), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg18442:27:5 # text = Cin-cin-na-tus was so wise and just that every-body trusted him, and asked his advice; and when any one was in trouble, and did not know what to do, his neighbors would say,-- 1 Cin Cin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 cin cin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 na na NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tus tus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Cin | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | past | that | body | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | that *not said here* | Cin's advice | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | any one | | | trouble | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Cin's neighbors | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/27/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/27/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Cincinnatus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/27/)