--- title: "Perfectly!" grinned the jackal, as he dexterously shut the door, "a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Perfectly!" grinned the jackal, as he dexterously shut the door, "and if you will permit me to say so, I think matters will remain as they were!" Who acts: Jackal, you, I, matters. 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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 (Jackal, you, I, matters), 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:pg7128:13:138 # text = "Perfectly!" grinned the jackal, as he dexterously shut the door, "and if you will permit me to say so, I think matters will remain as they were!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 grinned grin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 dexterously dexterously ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | past | | the jackal | | | | perfectly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Theme | | 2 | **shut** | past | Jackal | the door | | | | dexterously *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 3 | **permit** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | me | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **remain** *in a quote* | future | matters | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | past | wits *= wit* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/137/) - next →: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/1/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)