--- title: ‘If you had not said that last I would have put all these things awa… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If you had not said that last I would have put all these things away for always and always and always; but I am now going to throw my two boots and my little stone axe (that makes three) at you whenever I meet you. Who acts: you, I, little stone axe. 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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 (you, I, little stone axe), 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:pg2781:12:149 # text = ‘If you had not said that last I would have put all these things away for always and always and always; but I am now going to throw my two boots and my little stone axe (that makes three) at you whenever I meet you. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 7 that that ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 46 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | | | | that last | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put** | would · perfect · passive | | I | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset thing=Goal | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | now | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **throw** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my two boots | | | | at you | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boot=Theme at you=Destination | | 5 | **make** | present | my little stone axe | three | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset three=Product | | 6 | **meet** | present | I | you | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/150/) - ↑ back to [The Cat That Walked By Himself](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/12/)