Just so stories, How the Leopard Got His Spots, sentence 6

And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusively greyish-brownish-yellowish man he was then), who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two used to hunt together--the Ethiopian with his bows and arrows, and the Leopard ‘sclusively with his teeth and claws--till the Giraffe and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Quagga and all the rest of them didn’t know which way to jump, Best Beloved.

Who acts: Zebra, greyish yellowish man, two, Leopard · What happens: be, live, use, hunt, not know, jump · To what, where: greyish yellowish man, High Veldt, Ethiopian, way, Best Beloved

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Leopard Got His Spots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zebra, greyish yellowish man, two, Leopard), 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	_	8 Ethiopian	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 was	punct
3	also	also	ADV	_	6 was	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 also	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 was	expl
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 Ethiopian	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Ethiopian	det
8	Ethiopian	ethiopian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 bows	case
10	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Ethiopian	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 arrows	cc
12	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bows	conj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 man	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 man	det
15	‘	'	PUNCT	_	22 man	punct
16	sclusively	sclusively	ADV	_	17 greyish	advmod
17	greyish	greyish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 man	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 greyish	punct
19	brownish	brownish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 yellowish	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 brownish	punct
21	yellowish	yellowish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 man	amod
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bows	appos
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 then	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 then	cop
25	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 man	acl:relcl
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 man	punct
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 lived	punct
28	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 lived	nsubj
29	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 man	acl:relcl
30	on	on	ADP	_	33 Veldt	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Veldt	det
32	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Veldt	amod
33	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 lived	obl
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 Leopard	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Leopard	det
36	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Veldt	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 used	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 used	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 two	det
40	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	41 used	nsubj
41	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 Ethiopian	parataxis
42	to	to	PART	_	43 hunt	mark
43	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 used	xcomp
44	together	together	ADV	_	43 hunt	advmod
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 Ethiopian	punct
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Ethiopian	det
47	Ethiopian	Ethiopian	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 hunt	obl
48	with	with	ADP	_	50 bows	case
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 bows	nmod:poss
50	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 hunt	obl
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 arrows	cc
52	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 bows	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 know	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 know	cc
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Leopard	det
56	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 know	nsubj
57	‘	'	PUNCT	_	61 teeth	punct
58	sclusively	sclusively	ADV	_	61 teeth	advmod
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 teeth	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 teeth	nmod:poss
61	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 Leopard	nmod
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 claws	cc
63	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 teeth	conj
64	--	--	PUNCT	_	67 Giraffe	punct
65	till	till	ADP	_	67 Giraffe	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 Giraffe	det
67	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 teeth	appos
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 Eland	cc
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 Eland	det
70	Eland	Eland	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 Giraffe	conj
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 Koodoo	cc
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Koodoo	det
73	Koodoo	Koodoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 Giraffe	conj
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 Quagga	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 Quagga	det
76	Quagga	quagga	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 Giraffe	conj
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 rest	cc
78	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	80 rest	det:predet
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 rest	det
80	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 Giraffe	conj
81	of	of	ADP	_	82 them	case
82	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 rest	nmod
83	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	85 know	aux
84	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	85 know	advmod
85	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 used	conj
86	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	87 way	det
87	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 know	obj
88	to	to	PART	_	89 jump	mark
89	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	87 way	acl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 Beloved	punct
91	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	92 Beloved	amod
92	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 jump	obj
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Ethiopian	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past				with bows and arrows; ethiopian property	tree rules
2	is	past	Zebra	a greyish yellowish man not said here		then property	tree rules
3	live	past	a greyish yellowish man		the High Veldt with the Leopard		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on veldt=Location
4	use	past	the two				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	hunt	to-infinitive	the two not said here	the Ethiopian		with Zebra's bows and arrows; together property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	not know	past · do-support	the Leopard with Zebra's teeth and claws	which way			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
7	jump	to-infinitive	the Leopard with Zebra's teeth and claws not said here	Best Beloved			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beloved=Agent

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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