--- title: “If he is so bent with age that he cannot see, talk, or walk, tickle… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “If he is so bent with age that he cannot see, talk, or walk, tickle him in the ribs and that will make him young again; and, my Brother, carry him here yourself lest one of the slaves should let him fall and he should hurt himself.” Who acts: Sultan, you, that, Brother. 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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 (Sultan, you, that, Brother), 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:pg65965:24:106 # text = “If he is so bent with age that he cannot see, talk, or walk, tickle him in the ribs and that will make him young again; and, my Brother, carry him here yourself lest one of the slaves should let him fall and he should hurt himself.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 15 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 tickle tickle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 41 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ _ 42 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 55 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Sultan | | | with age | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with age=Instrument | | 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | Sultan | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tickle** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | Sultan | | the ribs | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | future | that | Sultan | | | again | young *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | infinitive | my Brother | Sultan | | here | | yourself *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **let** *in a quote* | should | one of the slaves | Sultan | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sultan *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **hurt** *in a quote* | should | Sultan | Sultan | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/24/)