Just so stories, The Crab That Played With the Sea, sentence 110

And the Eldest Magician said, ‘I will give it back, Pau Amma, for eleven months of the year; but on the twelfth month of every year it shall grow soft again, to remind you and all your children that I can make magics, and to keep you humble, Pau Amma; for I see that if you can run both under the water and on land, you will grow too bold; and if you can climb trees and crack nuts and dig holes with your scissors, you will grow too greedy, Pau Amma.’

Who acts: Eldest Magician, I, shell, you · What happens: say, give back, grow, remind, make, keep · To what, where: shell, you, magics, both, water, trees · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Crab That Played With the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eldest Magician, I, shell, you), 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	_	5 said	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Magician	det
3	Eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 Magician	amod
4	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
7	‘	'	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 give	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 give	aux
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	10 give	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Pau	punct
14	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 give	vocative
15	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Pau	flat
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 months	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 months	case
18	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 months	nummod
19	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 give	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 year	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 year	det
22	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 months	nmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 grow	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	34 grow	cc
25	on	on	ADP	_	28 month	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 month	det
27	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 month	amod
28	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 grow	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 year	case
30	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	31 year	det
31	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 month	nmod
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 grow	nsubj
33	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 grow	aux
34	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	parataxis
35	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 grow	xcomp
36	again	again	ADV	_	35 soft	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 remind	punct
38	to	to	PART	_	39 remind	mark
39	remind	remind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 grow	advcl
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	39 remind	iobj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 children	cc
42	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	44 children	det:predet
43	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 children	nmod:poss
44	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 you	conj
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 make	mark
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 make	nsubj
47	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 make	aux
48	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 remind	ccomp
49	magics	magic	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 make	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 keep	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 keep	cc
52	to	to	PART	_	53 keep	mark
53	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 grow	conj
54	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	53 keep	obj
55	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 keep	xcomp
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 Pau	punct
57	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 keep	obj
58	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Pau	flat
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 see	punct
60	for	for	SCONJ	_	62 see	mark
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 see	nsubj
62	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
63	that	that	SCONJ	_	67 run	mark
64	if	if	SCONJ	_	67 run	mark
65	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	67 run	nsubj
66	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 run	aux
67	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 see	ccomp
68	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	67 run	obj
69	under	under	ADP	_	71 water	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 water	det
71	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 run	obl
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 land	cc
73	on	on	ADP	_	74 land	case
74	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 water	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 grow	punct
76	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	78 grow	nsubj
77	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 grow	aux
78	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 see	conj
79	too	too	ADV	_	80 bold	advmod
80	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 grow	xcomp
81	;	;	PUNCT	_	86 climb	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 climb	cc
83	if	if	SCONJ	_	86 climb	mark
84	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	86 climb	nsubj
85	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	86 climb	aux
86	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
87	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 climb	obj
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 crack	cc
89	crack	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	86 climb	conj
90	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 crack	obj
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 dig	cc
92	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 climb	conj
93	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 dig	obj
94	with	with	ADP	_	96 scissors	case
95	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	96 scissors	nmod:poss
96	scissors	scissors	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 dig	obl
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	100 grow	punct
98	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	100 grow	nsubj
99	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	100 grow	aux
100	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 dig	conj
101	too	too	ADV	_	102 greedy	advmod
102	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 grow	xcomp
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 Pau	punct
104	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	100 grow	vocative
105	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	104 Pau	flat
106	.	.	PUNCT	_	92 dig	punct
107	’	'	PUNCT	_	86 climb	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Eldest Magician						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give back	future	I	shell			month	Pau vocative	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	grow	shall	shell				month	soft property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	remind speech: other	to-infinitive	shell not said here		you				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
5	make	can	I	magics					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product
6	keep	to-infinitive	shell not said here	you				humble property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme pau=Attribute
7	see	present	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
8	run a condition, not said to happen	can	you	both		the water and land			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent both=Theme under water=Trajectory
9	grow	future	you					bold property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	climb a condition, not said to happen	can	you	trees					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
11	crack	present	you not said here	nuts					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=Theme
12	dig	infinitive	you not said here	holes				with your scissors	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent hole=Theme with scissors=Instrument
13	grow	future	you					Pau vocative; greedy property	vn appear-48.1.1 «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: «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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