--- title: But thinking to himself, "Who knows what this fellow will do," he pl… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But thinking to himself, "Who knows what this fellow will do," he placed a small stick upright between his two jaws that he could not close his mouth, and inserting his head inside his mouth struck one end of the bone with his beak. Who acts: fellow, friend, inserting. 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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 (fellow, friend, inserting), 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:pg7128:7:14 # text = But thinking to himself, "Who knows what this fellow will do," he placed a small stick upright between his two jaws that he could not close his mouth, and inserting his head inside his mouth struck one end of the bone with his beak. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 upright upright ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 between between ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 inserting insert VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 csubj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 inside inside ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | friend | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | future | this fellow | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **place** | past | fellow | a small stick | | friend's two jaws | | upright *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stick=Theme between jaw=Destination | | 5 | **not** **close** | could | friend | friend's mouth | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient | | 6 | **insert** | gerund | | friend's head | | friend's mouth | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme inside mouth=Destination | | 7 | **strike** | past | inserting | one end of the bone with friend's beak | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/15/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/)