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Just so stories, The Elephant’s Child, sentence 46

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, ‘My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster’ (and by this he meant the Crocodile) ‘will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.’

Who acts: you, friend, opinion, Crocodile ‘, your · What happens: scuffle down, say, pull, be, mean, jerk · To what, where: Bi Coloured Python Rock Snake, bank, opinion, you, limpid stream, Jack · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant’s Child. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, friend, opinion, Crocodile ‘), 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

advmoddetamodpunctamodpunctcompoundpunctcompoundpunctnsubjaclcompound:prtcasedetoblccpunctpunctnmod:possamodccomppunctmarknsubjauxadvmodadvmodpunctconjccconjpunctconjadvmodadvmodmarkadvmodnsubjadvclpunctnsubjcopnmod:possoblnsubjnmod:possnsubjcasedetamodpunctcompoundcompoundnmodpunctpunctcccaseoblnsubjacl:relcldetcompoundpunctnsubjauxccompobjcaseadvmodamodoblmarknsubjauxadvclobjflatpunctpunctrootThenADVtheDETBiADJ-PUNCTColouredADJ-PUNCTPythonNOUN-PUNCTRockNOUN-PUNCTSnakeNOUNscuffledVERBdownADPfromADPtheDETbankNOUNandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT‘PUNCTMyPRONyoungADJfriendNOUN,PUNCTifSCONJyouPRONdoAUXnotPARTnowADV,PUNCTimmediatelyADVandCCONJinstantlyADV,PUNCTpullVERBasADVhardADVasSCONJeverADVyouPRONcanAUX,PUNCTitPRONisAUXmyPRONopinionNOUNthatPRONyourPRONacquaintanceNOUNinADPtheDETlargeADJ-PUNCTpatternNOUNleatherNOUNulsterNOUN’PUNCT(PUNCTandCCONJbyADPthisPRONhePRONmeantVERBtheDETCrocodilePROPN)PUNCT‘NOUNwillAUXjerkVERByouPRONintoADPyonderADVlimpidADJstreamNOUNbeforeSCONJyouPRONcanAUXsayVERBJackPROPNRobinsonPROPN.PUNCT’PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem18 saidadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Snakedet
3BibiADJDegree=Pos11 Snakeamod
4--PUNCT_3 Bipunct
5ColouredcolouredADJDegree=Pos11 Snakeamod
6--PUNCT_7 Pythonpunct
7PythonpythonNOUNNumber=Sing11 Snakecompound
8--PUNCT_7 Pythonpunct
9RockrockNOUNNumber=Sing11 Snakecompound
10--PUNCT_9 Rockpunct
11SnakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing1 Thennsubj
12scuffledscuffleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 Snakeacl
13downdownADP_12 scuffledcompound:prt
14fromfromADP_16 bankcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 bankdet
16bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing12 scuffledobl
17andandCCONJ_18 saidcc
18saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
19,,PUNCT_23 friendpunct
20‘'PUNCT_23 friendpunct
21MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 friendnmod:poss
22youngyoungADJDegree=Pos23 friendamod
23friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing18 saidccomp
24,,PUNCT_35 pullpunct
25ififSCONJ_35 pullmark
26youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs35 pullnsubj
27dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 pullaux
28notnotPARTPolarity=Neg29 nowadvmod
29nownowADVPronType=Dem35 pulladvmod
30,,PUNCT_31 immediatelypunct
31immediatelyimmediatelyADV_29 nowconj
32andandCCONJ_33 instantlycc
33instantlyinstantlyADV_31 immediatelyconj
34,,PUNCT_35 pullpunct
35pullpullVERBVerbForm=Inf18 saidconj
36asasADV_37 hardadvmod
37hardhardADVDegree=Pos35 pulladvmod
38asasSCONJ_41 canmark
39evereverADVPronType=Ind41 canadvmod
40youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs41 cannsubj
41cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin37 hardadvcl
42,,PUNCT_46 opinionpunct
43ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 opinionnsubj
44isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin46 opinioncop
45mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 opinionnmod:poss
46opinionopinionNOUNNumber=Sing35 pullobl
47thatthatPRONPronType=Rel63 meantnsubj
48youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 acquaintancenmod:poss
49acquaintanceacquaintanceNOUNNumber=Sing63 meantnsubj
50ininADP_56 ulstercase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 ulsterdet
52largelargeADJDegree=Pos54 patternamod
53--PUNCT_52 largepunct
54patternpatternNOUNNumber=Sing56 ulstercompound
55leatherleatherNOUNNumber=Sing56 ulstercompound
56ulsterulsterNOUNNumber=Sing49 acquaintancenmod
57’'PUNCT_56 ulsterpunct
58((PUNCT_63 meantpunct
59andandCCONJ_63 meantcc
60bybyADP_61 thiscase
61thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem63 meantobl
62hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs63 meantnsubj
63meantmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 opinionacl:relcl
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 Crocodiledet
65CrocodileCrocodilePROPNNumber=Sing67 ‘compound
66))PUNCT_65 Crocodilepunct
67‘‘NOUNNumber=Sing69 jerknsubj
68willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin69 jerkaux
69jerkjerkVERBVerbForm=Inf63 meantccomp
70youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs69 jerkobj
71intointoADP_74 streamcase
72yonderyonderADV_73 limpidadvmod
73limpidlimpidADJDegree=Pos74 streamamod
74streamstreamNOUNNumber=Sing69 jerkobl
75beforebeforeSCONJ_78 saymark
76youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs78 saynsubj
77cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin78 sayaux
78saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf69 jerkadvcl
79JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing78 sayobj
80RobinsonRobinsonPROPNNumber=Sing79 Jackflat
81..PUNCT_18 saidpunct
82’'PUNCT_18 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1scuffle downparticiplethe Bi Coloured Python Rock Snake not said herethe bankvn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertpastthenvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3pull a condition, not said to happenpresent · do-supportyounowhard propertyvn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4is apresentfriendmy opiniontree rules
5meanpastmy opinionby thisvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6jerkfutureCrocodile ‘youlimpid streamvn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result
7say speech: assertcanyouJackvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jack=Topic
8acquaintyourthe pattern leather ulsternom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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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