Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo, sentence 16

Nqong teased him: "Why aren't you grateful to Yellow-Dog Dingo?" The Kangaroo called it "a practical joke" (a trick played on someone), then quickly said sorry when Nqong threatened to whistle up Dingo and "run your hind legs off"; Nqong said "Come and ask me about it tomorrow, because I'm going to wash", and went, and Kangaroo and Dingo "each said, 'That's your fault.'"

Who acts: Nqong, you, Kangaroo, I, That · What happens: tease, not be, call, play, say, threaten · To what, where: Dingo, Yellow Dog Dingo, shape, trick, someone, hind legs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of the lesson «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nqong, you, Kangaroo, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 teased	nsubj
2	teased	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 teased	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 grateful	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 grateful	punct
6	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 grateful	advmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 grateful	cop
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 grateful	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 grateful	nsubj
10	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teased	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 Dingo	case
12	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Dingo	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Yellow	punct
14	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Dingo	compound
15	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grateful	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 grateful	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 called	punct
18	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Kangaroo	det
19	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 called	nsubj
20	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 teased	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 called	obj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 joke	det
24	practical	practical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 joke	amod
25	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 called	xcomp
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 trick	punct
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 trick	det
29	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 joke	appos
30	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 trick	acl
31	on	on	ADP	_	32 someone	case
32	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	30 played	obl
33	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 trick	punct
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 said	punct
35	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 said	advmod
36	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	37 said	advmod
37	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 called	conj
38	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 said	xcomp
39	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	41 threatened	advmod
40	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 threatened	nsubj
41	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 said	advcl
42	to	to	PART	_	43 whistle	mark
43	whistle	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 threatened	xcomp
44	up	up	ADP	_	43 whistle	compound:prt
45	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 whistle	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 run	cc
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 run	punct
48	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 whistle	conj
49	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 legs	nmod:poss
50	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 legs	amod
51	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 run	obj
52	off	off	ADP	_	48 run	compound:prt
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 run	punct
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 said	punct
55	Nqong	Nqong	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 said	nsubj
56	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 run	advcl
57	"	"	PUNCT	_	58 Come	punct
58	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 said	xcomp
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 ask	cc
60	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 Come	conj
61	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 ask	iobj
62	about	about	ADP	_	63 it	case
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 ask	obl
64	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 ask	obl:unmarked
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 going	punct
66	because	because	SCONJ	_	69 going	mark
67	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 going	nsubj
68	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 going	aux
69	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	56 said	ccomp
70	to	to	PART	_	71 wash	mark
71	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 going	xcomp
72	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 wash	punct
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 went	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 went	cc
75	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 going	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 Kangaroo	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 Kangaroo	cc
78	Kangaroo	Kangaroo	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 said	nsubj
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 Dingo	cc
80	Dingo	Dingo	PROPN	Number=Sing	78 Kangaroo	conj
81	"	"	PUNCT	_	83 said	punct
82	each	each	PRON	PronType=Tot	83 said	nsubj
83	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 went	conj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 fault	punct
85	'	'	PUNCT	_	89 fault	punct
86	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	89 fault	nsubj
87	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 fault	cop
88	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	89 fault	nmod:poss
89	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 said	ccomp
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
91	'	'	PUNCT	_	25 joke	punct
92	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 grateful	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: neg
teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, indirect=0, voice=narrator

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past	Nqong	Dingo					tree rules
2	not is in a quote	present	you		Yellow Dog Dingo			grateful property	tree rules
3	call	past	the Kangaroo	shape					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
4	play	participle		a trick not said here		someone			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	say speech: apologize	past	the Kangaroo not said here				then	quickly, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	threaten	past	Nqong						tree rules
7	whistle up not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nqong not said here	Dingo					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dingo=Topic
8	run off in a quote	infinitive	Nqong not said here	your hind legs					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leg=Trajectory
9	say speech: assert	past	Nqong						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	come in a quote	infinitive	Nqong not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	Nqong not said here		Nqong		tomorrow	about shape	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient about it=Topic
12	go in a quote	present · progressive	Nqong						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
13	wash in a quote	to-infinitive	Nqong not said here						vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	go	past	I not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Kangaroo and Dingo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
16	is a in a quote	present	That	your fault					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.

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The tree: Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×4. The frames are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (prag) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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