--- title: Now, if ever you see a worm dangling in the water in the shape of a… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Now, if ever you see a worm dangling in the water in the shape of a hook, leave it alone, or you will be a dead fish; and if you see a net before you, turn around, and swim the other way.” Who acts: you, worm. 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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, worm), 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:pg65965:16:28 # text = Now, if ever you see a worm dangling in the water in the shape of a hook, leave it alone, or you will be a dead fish; and if you see a net before you, turn around, and swim the other way.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 dangling dangle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 20 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 alone alone ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 42 around around ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a worm | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worm=Stimulus | | 2 | **dangle** | gerund | a worm *not said here* | | | the water | | in the shape of a hook | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 3 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | worm | | | now | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | future | you | a dead fish | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a net | | | before you | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer net=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn around** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **swim** | present | you *not said here* | the other way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)