Just so stories, The Crab That Played With the Sea, sentence 162

Or if you can’t wait till then, ask them to let you have the outside page of the Times; turn over to page 2 where it is marked ‘Shipping’ on the top left hand; then take the Atlas (and that is the finest picture-book in the world) and see how the names of the places that the steamers go to fit into the names of the places on the map.

Who acts: you, top, that, places · What happens: not wait, ask, let, have, turn over, mark · To what, where: mangosteens, you, outside page, page, top, hand

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 (you, top, that, places), 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	Or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wait	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 wait	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 wait	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
5	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 wait	advmod
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	till	till	ADP	_	8 then	case
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 wait	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wait	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ask	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 let	mark
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ask	xcomp
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 page	det
17	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 page	amod
18	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 have	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Times	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Times	det
21	Times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 page	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 turn	punct
23	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wait	conj
24	over	over	ADP	_	23 turn	compound:prt
25	to	to	PART	_	26 page	mark
26	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 turn	xcomp
27	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 page	flat
28	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	31 marked	advmod
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 marked	nsubj:pass
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 marked	aux:pass
31	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 page	acl:relcl
32	‘	'	PUNCT	_	33 Shipping	punct
33	Shipping	ship	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 marked	conj
34	’	'	PUNCT	_	33 Shipping	punct
35	on	on	ADP	_	37 top	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 top	det
37	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 Shipping	obl
38	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 top	acl
39	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 left	obj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 take	punct
41	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	42 take	advmod
42	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	parataxis
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Atlas	det
44	Atlas	Atlas	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 take	obj
45	(	(	PUNCT	_	53 book	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 book	cc
47	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 book	nsubj
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 book	cop
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 book	det
50	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	53 book	amod
51	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 book	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 picture	punct
53	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 take	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 world	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 world	det
56	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 book	nmod
57	)	)	PUNCT	_	53 book	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 see	cc
59	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	42 take	conj
60	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	62 names	advmod
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 names	det
62	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 see	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 places	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 places	det
65	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 names	nmod
66	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 go	nsubj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 steamers	det
68	steamers	steamer	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 go	nsubj
69	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 places	acl:relcl
70	to	to	PART	_	71 fit	mark
71	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 go	xcomp
72	into	into	ADP	_	74 names	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 names	det
74	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 fit	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 places	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 places	det
77	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 names	nmod
78	on	on	ADP	_	80 map	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 map	det
80	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 places	nmod
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wait	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	not wait	can	you					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		mangosteens = mangosteen			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	let not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	you				tree rules
4	have	infinitive	you not said here	the outside page of the Times				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient
5	turn over	infinitive	you not said here	page				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6	mark	present · passive		page				vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
7	ship	gerund				the top		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	leave	participle	the top not said here	hand				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
9	take	infinitive			the Atlas		then	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument atlas=Destination
10	is a	present	that	the finest picture book		the world		tree rules
11	see	infinitive		the names of the places				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
12	go	present	the places					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
13	fit	to-infinitive	the places not said here			the names of the places on the map		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into name=Destination
14	page			the Times				nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient
15	name			the places				nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
16	name			the places on the map				nom name «communication 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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