--- title: The crier replied, “Sir, you are not the only person that takes me f… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The crier replied, “Sir, you are not the only person that takes me for a madman on account of this tube; you shall judge yourself whether I am or not, when I have told you its peculiar power. Who acts: crier, you, only person. 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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 (crier, you, only person), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:11:32 # text = The crier replied, “Sir, you are not the only person that takes me for a madman on account of this tube; you shall judge yourself whether I am or not, when I have told you its peculiar power. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crier crier NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 madman madman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 29 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 parataxis _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the crier | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | the only person | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | present | the only person | the crier *= crier* | | account of this tube | | for a madman | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme on account=Destination | | 4 | **judge** *in a quote* | shall | you | yourself | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent yourself=Value | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | the crier *= crier* | tube's peculiar power | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient power=Topic | | 6 | **account** *in a quote* | | | this tube | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/33/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/11/)