--- title: However, being determined to succeed he went back to the farmer, and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, being determined to succeed he went back to the farmer, and said, coolly, "Look here; I've got your conch, but I can't use it; you haven't got it, so it's clear you can't use it either. Who acts: lender, coolly, you. 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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 (lender, coolly, you), 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:pg7128:22:34 # text = However, being determined to succeed he went back to the farmer, and said, coolly, "Look here; I've got your conch, but I can't use it; you haven't got it, so it's clear you can't use it either. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 coolly coolly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | determined, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **succeed** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go back** | past | lender | | | | | to the farmer *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to farmer=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | coolly | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | coolly | your conch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conch=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | can | coolly | conch | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | conch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | clear *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | can | you | conch | | | | either *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/35/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)