--- title: Don't you remember how you would go through that jungle, though I be… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Don't you remember how you would go through that jungle, though I begged and begged you not to go, for I told you that harm would happen to me, and then a fakir came and threw powder in my face, and I became a heap of ashes. Who acts: you, I, harm, fakir. 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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, I, harm, fakir), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:12:123 # text = Don't you remember how you would go through that jungle, though I begged and begged you not to go, for I told you that harm would happen to me, and then a fakir came and threw powder in my face, and I became a heap of ashes. 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 go go VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **remember** | infinitive | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** | would | you | | | that jungle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through jungle=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | I | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **happen** | would | that harm | | me | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **come** | past | a fakir | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **throw** | past | a fakir *not said here* | powder | | my face | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent powder=Theme in face=Destination | | 11 | **become** | past | I | a heap of ashes | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/124/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)