--- title: ‘Never mind,’ replied Simon, ‘I’ll play them one worth two of that;… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Never mind,’ replied Simon, ‘I’ll play them one worth two of that; for depend upon it they won’t be contented with having got the donkey out of me, but they’ll try by some new dodge to get something more, or I’m much mistaken.’ Who acts: Simon, I, rascals. 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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 (Simon, I, rascals), 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:pg7277:26:47 # text = ‘Never mind,’ replied Simon, ‘I’ll play them one worth two of that; for depend upon it they won’t be contented with having got the donkey out of me, but they’ll try by some new dodge to get something more, or I’m much mistaken.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 15 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 29 with with SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 aux _ _ 31 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 44 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 dodge dodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 obj _ _ 49 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 54 much much ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Simon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **play** | future | I | rascals *= rascal* | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary one=Theme | | 4 | **depend** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | upon way | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **content** | future · passive | | rascals *= rascal* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | gerund · perfect | | the donkey | | | | out me | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer donkey=Stimulus | | 7 | **try** | future | rascals *= rascal* | | | | | by some new dodge | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | rascals *= rascal* *not said here* | something | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary more=Theme | | 9 | **be** | present | I | | | | | mistaken *property* | 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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/48/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)