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title: ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting _on_ a raft, _in_ the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must _not_ forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecke
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# Just so stories, How the Whale Got His Throat, sentence 13

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‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting \_on\_ a raft, \_in\_ the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must \_not\_ forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’

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**Who acts:** you, that, one wrecked Mariner · **What happens:** swim, be, find, sit, not \_, forget · **To what, where:** latitude, raft, suspenders, you, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Whale Got His Throat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, that, one wrecked Mariner), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2781:2:13
# text = ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting _on_ a raft, _in_ the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must _not_ forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	latitude	latitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	Forty	Forty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
12	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	obj	_	_
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	21	parataxis	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
47	canvas	canvas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	breeches	breech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	_
54	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	_	_	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	60	punct	_	_
60	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	suspenders	suspender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	65	amod	_	_
65	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
70	jack	jack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
74	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	78	nummod	_	_
75	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	78	amod	_	_
78	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
80	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	85	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
82	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	85	nsubj	_	_
83	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	85	cop	_	_
84	only	only	ADV	RB	_	85	advmod	_	_
85	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	conj	_	_
86	to	to	PART	TO	_	87	mark	_	_
87	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	85	csubj	_	_
88	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	87	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
90	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	92	cop	_	_
91	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
93	of	of	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
94	infinite	infinite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	96	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	94	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	resource	resource	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	100	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	100	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	98	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	sagacity	sagacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  | latitude and longitude |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to latitude=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | future | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | a raft and \_ |  | in the middle of the sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on raft=Location |
| 5 | **not** **\_** | must | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the suspenders |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **wreck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | present | one wrecked Mariner |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 10 | **is a** | present | you *not said here* | a man |  |  |  | of sagacity | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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