--- title: I don’t mind it myself, because I am a Head Chief, but it’s very bad… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: I don’t mind it myself, because I am a Head Chief, but it’s very bad for the rest of the Tribe of Tegumai, and, as you can see, it surprises the stranger.’ Who acts: I, language, you. 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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 (I, language, you), 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:pg2781:9:175 # text = I don’t mind it myself, because I am a Head Chief, but it’s very bad for the rest of the Tribe of Tegumai, and, as you can see, it surprises the stranger.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 surprises surprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | I | language | | | | myself *obl* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | a Head Chief | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | language | | | | | for the rest of the Tribe of Tegumai; bad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | can | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **surprise** | present | language | the stranger | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stranger=Experiencer | 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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/176/) - ↑ back to [How the First Letter Was Written](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/)