--- title: How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "w… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "would you mind telling me over again, for everything has got so mixed up?" Who acts: recital, you, everything. 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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 (recital, you, everything), 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:pg7128:13:104 # text = How very confusing!" said the jackal, when the recital was ended; "would you mind telling me over again, for everything has got so mixed up?" 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 confusing confusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 recital recital NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 ended ended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 20 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 over over ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 parataxis _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the jackal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the recital | | | | | ended *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mind** | would | you | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **tell over** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | me | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **get** | present · perfect | everything | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **mix up** | participle | everything *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/105/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)