Just so stories, How the Whale Got His Throat, sentence 43

WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes _wop_ (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide; When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you aren’t waked or washed or dressed, Why, then you will know (if you haven’t guessed) You’re ‘Fifty North and Forty West!’

Who acts: cabin port holes, ship, wiggle, trunks, Nursey, Mummy · What happens: be, go, fall, begin, slide, lie · To what, where: _ wop, soup tureen, floor, you, mummy, Fifty · 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 (cabin port holes, ship, wiggle, trunks), 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	WHEN	when	SCONJ	_	8 dark	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 holes	det
3	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holes	compound
4	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holes	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 port	punct
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dark	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dark	cop
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 green	cc
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dark	conj
11	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	14 seas	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 Because	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 seas	det
14	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dark	obl
15	outside	outside	ADV	_	8 dark	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 goes	punct
17	When	when	SCONJ	_	20 goes	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ship	det
19	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 goes	nsubj
20	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dark	conj
21	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 wop	amod
22	wop	wop	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 goes	obj
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	33 falls	punct
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 wiggle	punct
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 wiggle	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 wiggle	det
27	wiggle	wiggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 falls	nsubj
28	between	between	ADP	_	29 )	case
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 wiggle	punct
30	And	and	CCONJ	_	32 steward	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 steward	det
32	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 wiggle	conj
33	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 goes	conj
34	into	into	ADP	_	38 tureen	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 tureen	det
36	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 tureen	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 soup	punct
38	tureen	tureen	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 falls	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 begin	punct
40	And	and	CCONJ	_	43 begin	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 trunks	det
42	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 begin	nsubj
43	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 falls	conj
44	to	to	PART	_	45 slide	mark
45	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 begin	xcomp
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 lies	punct
47	When	when	SCONJ	_	49 lies	mark
48	Nursey	Nursey	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 lies	nsubj
49	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 goes	conj
50	on	on	ADP	_	52 floor	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 floor	det
52	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lies	obl
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 heap	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 heap	det
55	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lies	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 tells	punct
57	And	and	CCONJ	_	59 tells	cc
58	Mummy	Mummy	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 tells	nsubj
59	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 lies	conj
60	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	59 tells	iobj
61	to	to	PART	_	62 let	mark
62	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 tells	xcomp
63	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 let	obj
64	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 let	xcomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 waked	punct
66	And	and	CCONJ	_	70 waked	cc
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	70 waked	nsubj
68	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 waked	aux:pass
69	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	70 waked	advmod
70	waked	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 goes	parataxis
71	or	or	CCONJ	_	72 washed	cc
72	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	70 waked	conj
73	or	or	CCONJ	_	74 dressed	cc
74	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	72 washed	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 Why	punct
76	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	72 washed	advmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 know	punct
78	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	81 know	advmod
79	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	81 know	nsubj
80	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 know	aux
81	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 waked	conj
82	(	(	PUNCT	_	90 ’re	punct
83	if	if	SCONJ	_	87 guessed	mark
84	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	87 guessed	nsubj
85	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	87 guessed	aux
86	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	87 guessed	advmod
87	guessed	guess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	90 ’re	advcl
88	)	)	PUNCT	_	87 guessed	punct
89	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	90 ’re	nsubj
90	’re	're	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 know	ccomp
91	‘	'	PUNCT	_	92 Fifty	punct
92	Fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	90 ’re	obj
93	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	96 West	compound
94	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 Forty	cc
95	Forty	Forty	PROPN	Number=Sing	93 North	conj
96	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 Fifty	nmod:unmarked
97	!	!	PUNCT	_	92 Fifty	punct
98	’	'	PUNCT	_	90 ’re	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cabin port holes					because the seas; dark, outside property	tree rules
2	be		the cabin port holes not said here						tree rules
3	go	present	the ship	_ wop					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wop=Theme
4	fall	present	a wiggle and the steward					into the soup tureen result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into tureen=Result
5	begin	present	the trunks						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	slide	to-infinitive	the trunks not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	lie	present	Nursey			the floor		in a heap	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location
8	tell speech: assert	present	Mummy		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
9	let not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mummy not said here	mummy					tree rules
10	sleep	infinitive	mummy not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	not wake	present · passive		you					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
12	wash	participle							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	dress	participle							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
14	know	future	you				then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
15	not guess a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect	you						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
16	're	past	You	Fifty North West					tree rules

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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