--- title: ‘You’ve mixed up all the things my mother told me to do with the thi… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You’ve mixed up all the things my mother told me to do with the things that you asked me whether I was sure that she didn’t say, till I don’t know whether I’m on my head or my painted tail; and now you come and tell me something I can understand, and it makes me more mixy than before. 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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 (mother, things, you, 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:pg2781:8:53 # text = ‘You’ve mixed up all the things my mother told me to do with the things that you asked me whether I was sure that she didn’t say, till I don’t know whether I’m on my head or my painted tail; and now you come and tell me something I can understand, and it makes me more mixy than before. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ve have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 35 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 iobj _ _ 55 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 53 obj _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 65 amod _ _ 65 mixy mixy NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 xcomp _ _ 66 than than ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 before before ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix up** | present · passive | | You | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | my mother | all things | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all things *not said here* | | | | | with the things | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | you | the things | me | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | present | I | | | my head or my painted tail | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on head=Location | | 9 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **come** | infinitive | you | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | something | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient something=Topic | | 12 | **understand** | can | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **make** | present | tail | me | | | | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/8/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/8/54/) - ↑ back to [The Beginning of the Armadillos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/8/)