--- title: He spoke to him as well as he could, and said: “Let me go, Chang; I… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: He spoke to him as well as he could, and said: “Let me go, Chang; I am your master, Sin, and not a fish; take this awful hook out of my mouth, and put me back into the water at once.” Who acts: Sin. 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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 (Sin), 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:pg65965:16:44 # text = He spoke to him as well as he could, and said: “Let me go, Chang; I am your master, Sin, and not a fish; take this awful hook out of my mouth, and put me back into the water at once.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Sin Sin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Sin | | king | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sin | | | | Chang *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sin *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sin | your master and a fish | | | | your *nmod:poss*; Sin *appos*; a fish *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this awful hook | | my mouth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent hook=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **put back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sin | | the water | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme at once=Destination | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)