--- title: But he, being unable to hold his tongue when he hears any one else t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he, being unable to hold his tongue when he hears any one else talk, must have wanted to say something, and let go the stick; and so must have fallen down from the sky, and thus lost his life." Who acts: Tortoise, one. 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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 (Tortoise, one), 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:pg7128:17:68 # text = But he, being unable to hold his tongue when he hears any one else talk, must have wanted to say something, and let go the stick; and so must have fallen down from the sky, and thus lost his life." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 thus thus ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | Tortoise | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | Tortoise *not said here* | Tortoise's tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present | Tortoise | any one's talk | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer talk=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** | must · perfect | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | something | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | | the stick | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stick=Theme | | 8 | **fall down** | must · perfect | Tortoise *not said here* | | | the sky | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **lose** | past | | Tortoise's life | | | | thus *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 10 | **talk** | | any one | | | | | | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/69/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)