--- title: But Suleiman-bin-Daoud shook his head and said, ‘O my Lady and Delig… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: But Suleiman-bin-Daoud shook his head and said, ‘O my Lady and Delight of my Life, remember the Animal that came out of the sea and made me ashamed before all the animals in all the world because I showed off. Who acts: Suleiman, Animal, me, 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 (Suleiman, Animal, me, 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:pg2781:13:41 # text = But Suleiman-bin-Daoud shook his head and said, ‘O my Lady and Delight of my Life, remember the Animal that came out of the sea and made me ashamed before all the animals in all the world because I showed off. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 7 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 O o INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 Delight Delight PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 Life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 ashamed asham VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 because because SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past | Suleiman | Suleiman's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Suleiman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remember** | infinitive | Suleiman *not said here* | the Animal | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | | 4 | **come out** | past | the Animal | the sea | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient sea=Result | | 5 | **make** | past | the Animal *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **asham** | participle | me *not said here* | | | | before all animals in all world | | tree rules | | 7 | **show off** | past | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/42/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)