--- title: So the jogi directed him to send him secretly two carpenters; and wh… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the jogi directed him to send him secretly two carpenters; and when they arrived he set them to make a great chest, so cunningly jointed and put together that neither air nor water could penetrate it. Who acts: jogi, carpenters, king, air. 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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 (jogi, carpenters, king, air), 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:pg3454:4:76 # text = So the jogi directed him to send him secretly two carpenters; and when they arrived he set them to make a great chest, so cunningly jointed and put together that neither air nor water could penetrate it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 jogi jogi NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 carpenters carpenter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 cunningly cunningly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 jointed joint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 penetrate penetrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **direct** | past | the jogi | king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | the jogi *not said here* | two carpenters | king | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination carpenter=Theme | | 3 | **arrive** | past | carpenters *= carpenter* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set** | past | king | carpenters *= carpenter* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | a great chest | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chest=Product | | 6 | **joint** | participle | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | | | | | cunningly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **put together** | participle | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **penetrate** | could | neither air nor water | Jogi | | | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/77/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)