--- title: Of course it doesn’t make any difference to me--I’m used to this kin… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Of course it doesn’t make any difference to me--I’m used to this kind of thing--but as a favour to you and to Suleiman-bin-Daoud I don’t mind putting things right.’ Who acts: nagging, I. 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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 (nagging, I), 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:pg2781:13:126 # text = Of course it doesn’t make any difference to me--I’m used to this kind of thing--but as a favour to you and to Suleiman-bin-Daoud I don’t mind putting things right.’ 1 Of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 6 advmod _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’m be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 xcomp _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 right right ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | nagging | any difference | me | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product | | 2 | **use** | present · passive | | I | | | | to this kind of thing | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | I | | | | | as a favour to you | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **put** | gerund | I *not said here* | things | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thing=Goal | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/127/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)