--- title: And the Man said, ‘If you choose, I will make a Magic, so that both… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: And the Man said, ‘If you choose, I will make a Magic, so that both the deep water and the dry ground will be a home for you and your children--so that you shall be able to hide both on the land and in the sea.’ Who acts: Man, you, I, dry ground. 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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 (Man, you, I, dry ground), 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:pg2781:11:101 # text = And the Man said, ‘If you choose, I will make a Magic, so that both the deep water and the dry ground will be a home for you and your children--so that you shall be able to hide both on the land and in the sea.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 so so SCONJ IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 both both CCONJ CC _ 22 cc:preconj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 44 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | future | I | a Magic | | | | so the deep water and a home | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product | | 4 | **is a** | future | the dry ground | a home | | | | for you | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | shall | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hide** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | both | | the land and the sea | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent both=Patient on land=Location | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/102/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)