Just so stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, sentence 296

And after thousands and thousands and thousands of years, and after Hieroglyphics and Demotics, and Nilotics, and Cryptics, and Cufics, and Runics, and Dorics, and Ionics, and all sorts of other ricks and tricks (because the Woons, and the Neguses, and the Akhoonds, and the Repositories of Tradition would never leave a good thing alone when they saw it), the fine old easy, understandable Alphabet--A, B, C, D, E, and the rest of ‘em--got back into its proper shape again for all Best Beloveds to learn when they are old enough.

Who acts: Repositories, rest · What happens: not leave, see, get back, learn, be, sort · To what, where: good thing, Many, Cufics, proper shape, other ricks

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Alphabet Was Made. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Repositories, rest), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 thousands	cc
2	after	after	ADP	_	3 thousands	case
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 thousands	cc
5	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thousands	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thousands	cc
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thousands	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 thousands	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Hieroglyphics	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Hieroglyphics	cc
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 Hieroglyphics	case
13	Hieroglyphics	hieroglyphic	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thousands	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Demotics	cc
15	Demotics	Demotic	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 Hieroglyphics	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Nilotics	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Nilotics	cc
18	Nilotics	Nilotic	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 Hieroglyphics	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Cryptics	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Cryptics	cc
21	Cryptics	Cryptic	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 Nilotics	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Cufics	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 Cufics	cc
24	Cufics	Cufics	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hieroglyphics	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Runics	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 Runics	cc
27	Runics	Runics	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 Dorics	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 Dorics	cc
30	Dorics	doric	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 Cufics	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 Ionics	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 Ionics	cc
33	Ionics	ionic	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 Cufics	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 sorts	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 sorts	cc
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 sorts	det
37	sorts	sort	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 Cufics	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 ricks	case
39	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 ricks	amod
40	ricks	rick	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 sorts	nmod
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 tricks	cc
42	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 ricks	conj
43	(	(	PUNCT	_	46 Woons	punct
44	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	46 Woons	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Woons	det
46	Woons	Woon	PROPN	Number=Plur	37 sorts	appos
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Neguses	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 Neguses	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Neguses	det
50	Neguses	negus	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 Woons	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 Akhoonds	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 Akhoonds	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Akhoonds	det
54	Akhoonds	Akhoonds	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 Woons	conj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 leave	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 leave	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 Repositories	det
58	Repositories	repository	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 leave	nsubj
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 Tradition	case
60	Tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 Repositories	nmod
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 leave	aux
62	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	63 leave	advmod
63	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 Woons	parataxis
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 thing	det
65	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 thing	amod
66	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 leave	obj
67	alone	alone	ADV	_	66 thing	advmod
68	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	70 saw	advmod
69	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 saw	nsubj
70	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 leave	advcl
71	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 saw	obj
72	)	)	PUNCT	_	46 Woons	punct
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 Alphabet	punct
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 Alphabet	det
75	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 Alphabet	amod
76	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 Alphabet	amod
77	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 Alphabet	amod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 easy	punct
79	understandable	understandable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 Alphabet	amod
80	Alphabet	Alphabet	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	conj
81	--	--	PUNCT	_	84 B	punct
82	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	84 B	det
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 B	punct
84	B	B	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	conj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 C	punct
86	C	C	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	conj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 D	punct
88	D	D	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	conj
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 E	punct
90	E	E	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Cufics	appos
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 got	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 got	cc
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 rest	det
94	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 got	nsubj
95	of	of	ADP	_	97 em	case
96	‘	'	PUNCT	_	97 em	punct
97	em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 rest	nmod
98	--	--	PUNCT	_	94 rest	punct
99	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 Cufics	acl:relcl
100	back	back	ADV	_	99 got	advmod
101	into	into	ADP	_	104 shape	case
102	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	104 shape	nmod:poss
103	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 shape	amod
104	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 got	obl
105	again	again	ADV	_	99 got	advmod
106	for	for	ADP	_	109 Beloveds	case
107	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	109 Beloveds	det
108	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	109 Beloveds	amod
109	Beloveds	beloved	NOUN	Number=Plur	99 got	obl
110	to	to	PART	_	111 learn	mark
111	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	99 got	advcl
112	when	when	SCONJ	_	115 old	mark
113	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	115 old	nsubj
114	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	115 old	cop
115	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 learn	ccomp
116	enough	enough	ADV	_	115 old	advmod
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thousands	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	would	the Repositories of Tradition	a good thing				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	see	past	Repositories = repository	Many				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	get back	past	the rest of em	Cufics and Runics and Dorics and Ionics and all sorts of other ricks and tricks and the fine old easy understandable Alphabet and a B and C and D not said here	Many's proper shape	again	for all Best Beloveds	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cufics=Theme for beloved=Source
4	learn	to-infinitive	the rest of em not said here					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	Repositories = repository				enough, old property	tree rules
6	sort			other ricks and tricks				nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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: «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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