--- title: "I think you will never get there," said the fakir, "for it is very… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I think you will never get there," said the fakir, "for it is very far from hence, and you have to cross many rivers to reach it." Who acts: I, you, fakir, kingdom. 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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 (I, you, fakir, kingdom), 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:pg7128:12:27 # text = "I think you will never get there," said the fakir, "for it is very far from hence, and you have to cross many rivers to reach it." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 hence hence ADV RB _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | future | you | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fakir | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | kingdom | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cross** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | many rivers | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 7 | **reach** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | kingdom | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/28/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)