--- title: Oh," says the fish, "do tell me what I have in my stomach, for it ra… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Oh," says the fish, "do tell me what I have in my stomach, for it rattles about so, and keeps saying, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun.'" Who acts: I, fish, Majnun. 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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, fish, Majnun), 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:pg7128:12:49 # text = Oh," says the fish, "do tell me what I have in my stomach, for it rattles about so, and keeps saying, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun.'" 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rattles rattle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 about about ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | the fish | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive · do-support | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | I | | | my stomach | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rattle about** | present | fish | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | present | fish *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Majnun and Majnun | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **want** | present | I | Majnun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot majnun=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/50/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)