--- title: “The idea of a man knowing what the delight of living in water is wa… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “The idea of a man knowing what the delight of living in water is was so funny that I couldn’t help laughing, and it has made me feel very uncomfortable, because I am not used to doing that.” Who acts: man, delight, idea, fish. 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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 (man, delight, idea, fish), 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:pg65965:16:6 # text = “The idea of a man knowing what the delight of living in water is was so funny that I couldn’t help laughing, and it has made me feel very uncomfortable, because I am not used to doing that.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 uncomfortable uncomfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 40 to to SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | gerund | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the delight | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | the delight *not said here* | | | water | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the idea of a man | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **help** *in a quote* | could | the fish *= fish* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **laugh** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | the fish *= fish* *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | delight | | | | me *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive | delight *not said here* | | | | | uncomfortable *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the fish *= fish* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/16/)