--- title: Sometimes the Fisher of the Sea pulls a little too hard, and then we… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes the Fisher of the Sea pulls a little too hard, and then we get spring tides; and sometimes he pulls a little too softly, and then we get what are called neap-tides; but nearly always he is careful, because of the Eldest Magician. Who acts: Fisher, we. 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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 (Fisher, we), 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:pg2781:11:144 # text = Sometimes the Fisher of the Sea pulls a little too hard, and then we get spring tides; and sometimes he pulls a little too softly, and then we get what are called neap-tides; but nearly always he is careful, because of the Eldest Magician. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fisher Fisher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 26 too too ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 softly softly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 36 neap neap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 45 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 51 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 47 fixed _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 Eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 51 amod _ _ 51 Magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | the Fisher of the Sea | a little | | | | hard, sometimes *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | we | spring tides | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tide=Stimulus | | 3 | **pull** | present | Fisher | a little | | | | softly, sometimes *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme | | 4 | **get** | present | we | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **call** | present · passive | | neap tides | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | present | Fisher | | | | | always, careful *property* | tree rules | 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/145/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)