--- title: Let us sit around the edge of the tank and not allow her to see it,… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Let us sit around the edge of the tank and not allow her to see it, for if we give her some of the cake she will go and tell her mother, and that will be very unfortunate for us.” Who acts: you, us, we, some. 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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, us, we, some), 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:pg65965:3:74 # text = Let us sit around the edge of the tank and not allow her to see it, for if we give her some of the cake she will go and tell her mother, and that will be very unfortunate for us.” 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 around around ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the edge of the tank | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around edge=Location | | 3 | **not** **allow** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | stepmother | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | tank | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | stepmother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **go** | future | some of the cake | | | | | stepmother *nsubj* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | some of the cake *not said here* | | stepmother's mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | future | that | | | | | for us; unfortunate *property* | tree rules | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/3/)