--- title: His name was Tegumai Bopsulai, and that means, ‘Man-who-does-not-put… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: His name was Tegumai Bopsulai, and that means, ‘Man-who-does-not-put-his-foot-forward-in-a-hurry’; but we, O Best Beloved, will call him Tegumai, for short. Who acts: name, that, we, man. 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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 (name, that, we, man), 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:pg2781:9:4 # text = His name was Tegumai Bopsulai, and that means, ‘Man-who-does-not-put-his-foot-forward-in-a-hurry’; but we, O Best Beloved, will call him Tegumai, for short. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 Bopsulai Bopsulai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 forward forward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 O o INTJ UH _ 40 vocative _ _ 39 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 Beloved Beloved PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | man's name | Tegumai | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | that | Man | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | present | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **put** | infinitive | that *not said here* | man's foot | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | | 5 | **call** | future | we | man | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme tegumai=Result | | 6 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/5/) - ↑ back to [How the First Letter Was Written](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/)