--- title: Or if you can’t wait till then, ask them to let you have the outside… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Or if you can’t wait till then, ask them to let you have the outside page of the Times; turn over to page 2 where it is marked ‘Shipping’ on the top left hand; then take the Atlas (and that is the finest picture-book in the world) and see how the names of the places that the steamers go to fit into --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/162/) [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/) / 162 # Just so stories, The Crab That Played With the Sea, sentence 162 Or if you can’t wait till then, ask them to let you have the outside page of the Times; turn over to page 2 where it is marked ‘Shipping’ on the top left hand; then take the Atlas (and that is the finest picture-book in the world) and see how the names of the places that the steamers go to fit into the names of the places on the map. **Who acts:** you, top, that, places · **What happens:** not wait, ask, let, have, turn over, mark · **To what, where:** mangosteens, you, outside page, page, top, hand 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 (you, top, that, places), 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:pg2781:11:162 # text = Or if you can’t wait till then, ask them to let you have the outside page of the Times; turn over to page 2 where it is marked ‘Shipping’ on the top left hand; then take the Atlas (and that is the finest picture-book in the world) and see how the names of the places that the steamers go to fit into the names of the places on the map. 1 Or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 till till ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 outside outside ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 over over ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 27 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 flat _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Shipping ship VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Atlas Atlas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 50 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 53 amod _ _ 51 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 60 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 steamers steamer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 69 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ _ 78 on on ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** | can | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | mangosteens *= mangosteen* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the outside page of the Times | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient | | 5 | **turn over** | infinitive | you *not said here* | page | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mark** | present · passive | | page | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **ship** | gerund | | | | the top | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave** | participle | the top *not said here* | hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 9 | **take** | infinitive | | | the Atlas | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument atlas=Destination | | 10 | **is a** | present | that | the finest picture book | | the world | | | tree rules | | 11 | **see** | infinitive | | the names of the places | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 12 | **go** | present | the places | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **fit** | to-infinitive | the places *not said here* | | | the names of the places on the map | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into name=Destination | | 14 | **page** | | | the Times | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **name** | | | the places | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 16 | **name** | | | the places on the map | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/163/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)