--- title: “When you wish to dust your own jacket or those of your friends,” he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “When you wish to dust your own jacket or those of your friends,” he said, “you have only got to say, ‘Flack, flick, switch, be quick,’ and you will see what happens. Who acts: you, 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 (you, 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:pg3282:10:9 # text = “When you wish to dust your own jacket or those of your friends,” he said, “you have only got to say, ‘Flack, flick, switch, be quick,’ and you will see what happens. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 dust dust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Flack flack NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 flick flick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 44 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **dust** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your own jacket those | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Flack | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **flick** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **switch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **happen** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/)