--- title: ‘I cannot make you play the play you were meant to play, because you… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I cannot make you play the play you were meant to play, because you escaped me at the Very Beginning; but if you choose, I can make every stone and every hole and every bunch of weed in all the seas a safe Pusat Tasek for you and your children for always.’ Who acts: I, you. 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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 (I, 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:pg2781:11:96 # text = ‘I cannot make you play the play you were meant to play, because you escaped me at the Very Beginning; but if you choose, I can make every stone and every hole and every bunch of weed in all the seas a safe Pusat Tasek for you and your children for always.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 Beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 weed weed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 Pusat Pusat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Tasek Tasek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | can | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the play | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | past · passive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **escape** | past | you | me | | | at the Beginning | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **choose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | can | I | every stone and every hole and every bunch of weed | | all seas a safe Pusat Tasek | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent stone=Product for always=Asset | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)