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William was not afraid because he got angry to Jack for endangering his beloved woman named Elizabeth. The purpose of the utterance was togive information to
William that Jack didn’t endanger Elizabeth too much. 17.
“But how’s your footwork? If I step here.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
statement. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, Jack fought
William in a workshop. Jack praised William for his skill in using sword and wondered about his next move. The purpose of the utterance was to express Jack’s
curiosity to William for what was the next move that would be done by him.
18. “Except, once again, you are between me and the way out, and now you have no
weapon.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
information. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, William
had thrown his sword at the door to prevent Jack from escaping. Jack was impressed for William’s action but William had no weapon anymore to fight Jack. The purpose
of the utterance was togive information to William that he couldn’t fight Jack anymore because he was unarmed.
19. “Who makes all these?”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
statement. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack
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as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, after Jack told that William had no weapon to fight him, but suddenly William took a sword with a
heated tip from his workshop and he continued to fight. Jack was shocked because he just realized that there were so many swords in the workshop. The purpose of the
utterance was to express Jack’s curiosity to William about a person who had made
those weapons. 20.
“Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
statement. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, Jack and
William were fighting in William’s workshop. William told Jack that he was the person who made of the weapons in the workshop and practiced with them three hours
a day. Jack was curious to William who spent his time with his swords so much more than with his girlfriend. The purpose of the utterance was to express Jack’s curiosity to
William about the reason why William preferred spent his time in workshop than with
his girlfriend. 21.
“You’re not a eunuch, are you?”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
statement. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, after Jack gave
his opinion to William about the reason why William preferred spent his time in workshop than with his girlfriend, Jack wondered whether his opinion was right or not.
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The purpose of the utterance was to express Jack’s curiosity to William about the truth
of his opinion. 22.
“This shot is not meant for you.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
information. Jack and William are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and William as the hearer. When the utterance occurred, Jack
intended to escape from a workshop but he was prevented by William so he threatened William by pointing his pistol. The purpose of the utterance was togive information to
William that Jack didn’t want to shoot him. 23.
“You can keep doing that forever, the dog is never going to move.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
information. Jack and the prisoners are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and the prisoners as the hearers.When the utterance
occurred, Jack was sitting in a cell corner when he realized that there were some prisoners from other cell trying to retrieve the cell’s key from a dog. The purpose of
the utterance was togive information to the prisoners that their attempt to retrieve the
cell’s key was useless. 24.
“I know those guns. It’s the Pearl.”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
assertion. Jack is the participant involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker. When the utterance occurred, Jack heard a cannon fire that sounded familiar when he
was sitting in a cell so he looked out through cell’s little window to made sure that his
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guess was right. The purpose of the utterance was to confidently state a fact that the
cannon fire came from Jack’s ship named Black Pearl. 25.
“No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?”
ANALYSIS: The utterance is classified into Representative illocutionary act because there is an intended meaning to be delivered by the speaker in the form of
statement. Jack and the prisoners are the participants involved in aconversation where Jack as the speaker and the prisoners as the hearers. When the utterance occurred, after
Jack said that the cannon fire came from his ship named Black pearl, one of the prisoners from other cell responded him by telling a story about the ship which had
destroyed many ships at the sea and its ships crews never left any survivors. The purpose of the utterance was to express Jack’s confusion to the prisoners about origin
of the story.
26. “That’s very interesting.”
