--- title: "I'll tell you what you must do," said Master Lambikin, "you must ma… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I'll tell you what you must do," said Master Lambikin, "you must make a little drumikin out of the skin of my little brother who died, and then I can sit inside and trundle along nicely, for I'm as tight as a drum myself." Who acts: I, you, Master, little brother. 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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 (I, you, Master, little brother), 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:pg7128:8:148 # text = "I'll tell you what you must do," said Master Lambikin, "you must make a little drumikin out of the skin of my little brother who died, and then I can sit inside and trundle along nicely, for I'm as tight as a drum myself." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 14 Lambikin Lambikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 drumikin drumikin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 39 inside inside ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 trundle trundle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 42 along along ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 parataxis _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 49 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | must | you | a little drumikin | | the skin of my little brother | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drumikin=Product | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | past | my little brother | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | can | Master | | | | then | inside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **trundle along** *in a quote* | infinitive | Master *not said here* | | | | | along, nicely *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Master | | | | | as a drum; myself *obl:unmarked*; tight *property* | tree rules | 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/149/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)