--- title: It was certainly very odd, but the man remembered what had taken pla… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was certainly very odd, but the man remembered what had taken place on the fire, and did not want to keep the kettle any more, so after a little bargaining about the price, Jimmu went away carrying the kettle with him. Who acts: tanuki, man, Jimmu. 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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 (tanuki, man, Jimmu), 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:pg2435:39:3 # text = It was certainly very odd, but the man remembered what had taken place on the fire, and did not want to keep the kettle any more, so after a little bargaining about the price, Jimmu went away carrying the kettle with him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 any any ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 after after SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 bargaining bargain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Jimmu Jimmu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | tanuki | | | | | certainly, odd *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** | past | the man | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | place | | the fire | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | | 4 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | the kettle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme | | 6 | **bargain** | gerund | the man *not said here* | a little | | | | about the price | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about price=Theme | | 7 | **go away** | past | Jimmu | | | | | away *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **carry** | gerund | Jimmu *not said here* | the kettle | | | | with man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/4/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/39/)