Just so stories, The Butterfly That Stamped, sentence 143

They came down the marble steps, one hundred abreast, and beneath his camphor-tree, still weak with laughing, they saw the Most Wise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and forth with a Butterfly on either hand, and they heard him say, ‘O wife of my brother in the air, remember after this, to please your husband in all things, lest he be provoked to stamp his foot yet again; for he has said that he is used to this magic, and he is most eminently a great magician--one who steals away the very Palace of Suleirnan-bin-Daoud himself.

Who acts: Djinns, Suleiman · What happens: come down, laugh, see, rock, hear, say · To what, where: marble steps, Most, hand, Suleiman, wife, husband · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly That Stamped. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Djinns, Suleiman), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 steps	det
5	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steps	compound
6	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hundred	punct
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 steps	nmod
10	abreast	abreast	ADV	_	9 hundred	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tree	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tree	cc
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	17 tree	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 tree	nmod:poss
15	camphor	camphor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tree	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 camphor	punct
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 weak	punct
19	still	still	ADV	_	20 weak	advmod
20	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tree	conj
21	with	with	SCONJ	_	22 laughing	mark
22	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 weak	advcl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 saw	punct
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 saw	nsubj
25	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Most	det
27	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 saw	obj
28	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 King	amod
29	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Suleiman	nmod:desc
30	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Most	nmod
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 Suleiman	punct
32	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Suleiman	flat
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 bin	punct
34	Daoud	Daoud	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Suleiman	flat
35	rocking	rock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 Suleiman	acl
36	back	back	ADV	_	35 rocking	advmod
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 forth	cc
38	forth	forth	ADV	_	36 back	conj
39	with	with	ADP	_	41 Butterfly	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 Butterfly	det
41	Butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 rocking	obl
42	on	on	ADP	_	44 hand	case
43	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	44 hand	det
44	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 rocking	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 heard	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 heard	cc
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 heard	nsubj
48	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 heard	obj
50	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 heard	xcomp
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 wife	punct
52	‘	'	PUNCT	_	54 wife	punct
53	O	o	INTJ	_	54 wife	discourse
54	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 say	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 brother	case
56	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 brother	nmod:poss
57	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 wife	nmod
58	in	in	ADP	_	60 air	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 air	det
60	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 brother	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 remember	punct
62	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	50 say	parataxis
63	after	after	ADP	_	64 this	case
64	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	62 remember	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 please	punct
66	to	to	PART	_	67 please	mark
67	please	please	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	62 remember	conj
68	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 husband	nmod:poss
69	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 please	obj
70	in	in	ADP	_	72 things	case
71	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	72 things	det
72	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 please	obl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 provoked	punct
74	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	77 provoked	mark
75	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 provoked	nsubj
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	77 provoked	aux:pass
77	provoked	provoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 please	conj
78	to	to	PART	_	79 stamp	mark
79	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 provoked	xcomp
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 foot	nmod:poss
81	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 stamp	obj
82	yet	yet	ADV	_	83 again	advmod
83	again	again	ADV	_	79 stamp	advmod
84	;	;	PUNCT	_	88 said	punct
85	for	for	SCONJ	_	88 said	mark
86	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	88 said	nsubj
87	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 said	aux
88	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	48 heard	parataxis
89	that	that	SCONJ	_	92 used	mark
90	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 used	nsubj
91	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	92 used	aux:pass
92	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	88 said	advcl
93	to	to	ADP	_	95 magic	case
94	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	95 magic	det
95	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 used	obl
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 magician	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	104 magician	cc
98	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	104 magician	nsubj
99	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	104 magician	cop
100	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	101 eminently	advmod
101	eminently	eminently	ADV	_	104 magician	advmod
102	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	104 magician	det
103	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 magician	amod
104	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	parataxis
105	--	--	PUNCT	_	106 one	punct
106	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	104 magician	appos
107	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	108 steals	nsubj
108	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	106 one	acl:relcl
109	away	away	ADV	_	108 steals	advmod
110	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	112 Palace	det
111	very	very	ADV	_	112 Palace	advmod
112	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	106 one	appos
113	of	of	ADP	_	118 Daoud	case
114	Suleirnan	Suleirnan	PROPN	Number=Sing	118 Daoud	compound
115	-	-	PUNCT	_	114 Suleirnan	punct
116	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 Suleirnan	flat
117	-	-	PUNCT	_	116 bin	punct
118	Daoud	Daoud	PROPN	Number=Sing	112 Palace	nmod
119	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	112 Palace	nmod
120	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	Djinns = djinn	the marble steps one hundred			down property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme
2	laugh	gerund	Djinns = djinn not said here					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	Djinns = djinn	the Most Suleiman Wise King				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus
4	rock	gerund	Suleiman Wise King not said here		either hand		with a Butterfly	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location
5	hear	past	Djinns = djinn	Suleiman				tree rules
6	say speech: assert	infinitive	Suleiman not said here	wife of my brother in the air				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	remember	infinitive				after this		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	please	to-infinitive		your husband	all things			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus husband=Experiencer
9	provoke	infinitive · passive		Suleiman				tree rules
10	stamp	to-infinitive		Suleiman's foot		again		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
11	say speech: assert	present · perfect	Suleiman					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
12	use	present · passive		Suleiman			to this magic	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
13	is a	present	Suleiman	a great magician			eminently property	tree rules
14	steal away	present					away 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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