Just so stories, How the Whale Got His Throat, sentence 30

So the Whale swam and swam and swam, with both flippers and his tail, as hard as he could for the hiccoughs; and at last he saw the Mariner’s natal-shore and the white-cliffs-of-Albion, and he rushed half-way up the beach, and opened his mouth wide and wide and wide, and said, ‘Change here for Winchester, Ashuelot, Nashua, Keene, and stations on the _Fitch_burg Road;’ and just as he said ‘Fitch’ the Mariner walked out of his mouth.

Who acts: Whale, Albion, Mariner · What happens: swim, see, rush, open, say, change · To what, where: stations, natal shore, last, half way, beach, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Whale Got His Throat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whale, Albion, Mariner), 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 swam	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Whale	det
3	Whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swam	nsubj
4	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swam	cc
6	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swam	cc
8	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flippers	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 flippers	case
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 flippers	det
12	flippers	flipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swam	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tail	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 tail	nmod:poss
15	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flippers	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hard	punct
17	as	as	ADV	_	18 hard	advmod
18	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 swam	advmod
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 could	mark
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 could	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 hard	advcl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 hiccoughs	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hiccoughs	det
24	hiccoughs	hiccough	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 could	obl
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 saw	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 saw	cc
27	at	at	ADP	_	28 last	case
28	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 saw	obl
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 saw	nsubj
30	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Mariner	det
32	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 shore	nmod:poss
33	’s	's	PART	_	32 Mariner	case
34	natal	natal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 shore	amod
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 natal	punct
36	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 saw	obj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 cliffs	cc
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 cliffs	det
39	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 cliffs	amod
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 white	punct
41	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 shore	conj
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 Albion	punct
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 Albion	case
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 of	punct
45	Albion	Albion	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 cliffs	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 rushed	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 rushed	cc
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 rushed	nsubj
49	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
50	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	52 way	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 half	punct
52	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 rushed	obj
53	up	up	ADP	_	55 beach	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 beach	det
55	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 rushed	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 opened	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 opened	cc
58	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 mouth	nmod:poss
60	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 opened	obj
61	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 opened	xcomp
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 wide	cc
63	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 wide	conj
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 wide	cc
65	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 wide	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 said	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 said	cc
68	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 Change	punct
70	‘	'	PUNCT	_	71 Change	punct
71	Change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 said	ccomp
72	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	71 Change	advmod
73	for	for	ADP	_	74 Winchester	case
74	Winchester	Winchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 Change	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 Ashuelot	punct
76	Ashuelot	Ashuelot	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 Winchester	conj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 Nashua	punct
78	Nashua	Nashua	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 Winchester	conj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 Keene	punct
80	Keene	Keene	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 Winchester	conj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 stations	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 stations	cc
83	stations	station	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swam	obl
84	on	on	ADP	_	87 Fitch	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 Fitch	det
86	_	_	PUNCT	_	87 Fitch	punct
87	Fitch	Fitch	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 stations	nmod
88	_	_	PUNCT	_	90 Road	punct
89	burg	burg	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 Road	compound
90	Road	Road	PROPN	Number=Sing	87 Fitch	flat
91	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 swam	punct
92	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 swam	punct
93	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 said	cc
94	just	just	ADV	_	97 said	advmod
95	as	as	SCONJ	_	97 said	mark
96	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	97 said	nsubj
97	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swam	conj
98	‘	'	PUNCT	_	99 Fitch	punct
99	Fitch	Fitch	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 said	parataxis
100	’	'	PUNCT	_	99 Fitch	punct
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 Mariner	det
102	Mariner	Mariner	PROPN	Number=Sing	103 walked	nsubj
103	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	97 said	parataxis
104	out	out	ADP	_	107 mouth	case
105	of	of	ADP	_	107 mouth	case
106	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	107 mouth	nmod:poss
107	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 walked	obl
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 swam	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swim	past	the Whale	stations on the Fitch			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	swim	past	the Whale not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	swim	past	the Whale not said here			with both flippers and Whale's tail; hard property	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with flipper=Theme
4	see	past	Whale	the Mariner's natal shore and the white cliffs of Albion	last		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shore=Stimulus
5	rush	past	Albion	half way	the beach		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme up beach=Trajectory
6	open	past	the Whale not said here	Albion's mouth		wide property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme
7	say speech: assert	past	the Whale not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	change	infinitive			here	for Winchester and Ashuelot and Nashua and Keene	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	say speech: assert	past	Albion				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
10	walk out	past	the Mariner	Albion's mouth			vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Attribute

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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