--- title: And the Eldest Magician said, ‘I will give it back, Pau Amma, for el… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: And the Eldest Magician said, ‘I will give it back, Pau Amma, for eleven months of the year; but on the twelfth month of every year it shall grow soft again, to remind you and all your children that I can make magics, and to keep you humble, Pau Amma; for I see that if you can run both under the wat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/110/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Just so stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/) / [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/) / 110 # Just so stories, The Crab That Played With the Sea, sentence 110 And the Eldest Magician said, ‘I will give it back, Pau Amma, for eleven months of the year; but on the twelfth month of every year it shall grow soft again, to remind you and all your children that I can make magics, and to keep you humble, Pau Amma; for I see that if you can run both under the water and on land, you will grow too bold; and if you can climb trees and crack nuts and dig holes with your scissors, you will grow too greedy, Pau Amma.’ **Who acts:** Eldest Magician, I, shell, you · **What happens:** say, give back, grow, remind, make, keep · **To what, where:** shell, you, magics, both, water, trees · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Crab That Played With the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eldest Magician, I, shell, you), 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:pg2781:11:110 # text = And the Eldest Magician said, ‘I will give it back, Pau Amma, for eleven months of the year; but on the twelfth month of every year it shall grow soft again, to remind you and all your children that I can make magics, and to keep you humble, Pau Amma; for I see that if you can run both under the water and on land, you will grow too bold; and if you can climb trees and crack nuts and dig holes with your scissors, you will grow too greedy, Pau Amma.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 Magician Magician PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _ 15 Amma Amma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 35 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 49 magics magic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 58 Amma Amma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 60 for for SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 64 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 ccomp _ _ 68 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 67 obj _ _ 69 under under ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 77 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 79 too too ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ; ; PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 83 if if SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 84 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 85 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 86 aux _ _ 86 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 87 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obj _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 89 crack crack VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 86 conj _ _ 90 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 89 obj _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 92 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 conj _ _ 93 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 obj _ _ 94 with with ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 95 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 96 nmod:poss _ _ 96 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 92 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 , , PUNCT , _ 100 punct _ _ 98 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 100 nsubj _ _ 99 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 100 aux _ _ 100 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 92 conj _ _ 101 too too ADV RB _ 102 advmod _ _ 102 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 100 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 103 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 104 Pau Pau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 100 vocative _ _ 105 Amma Amma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 104 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 106 . . PUNCT . _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 107 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 86 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Eldest Magician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give back** | future | I | shell | | | month | Pau *vocative* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | shall | shell | | | | month | soft *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | shell *not said here* | | you | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **make** | can | I | magics | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | shell *not said here* | you | | | | humble *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme pau=Attribute | | 7 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **run** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | both | | the water and land | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent both=Theme under water=Trajectory | | 9 | **grow** | future | you | | | | | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **climb** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | trees | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 11 | **crack** | present | you *not said here* | nuts | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme | | 12 | **dig** | infinitive | you *not said here* | holes | | | | with your scissors | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent hole=Theme with scissors=Instrument | | 13 | **grow** | future | you | | | | | Pau *vocative*; greedy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/111/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)