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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Snake | det |
| 3 | Bi | bi | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Snake | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Bi | punct |
| 5 | Coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Snake | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Python | punct |
| 7 | Python | python | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Snake | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Python | punct |
| 9 | Rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Snake | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Rock | punct |
| 11 | Snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Then | nsubj |
| 12 | scuffled | scuffle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 Snake | acl |
| 13 | down | down | ADP | _ | 12 scuffled | compound:prt |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 bank | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bank | det |
| 16 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scuffled | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 said | cc |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 friend | punct |
| 20 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 23 friend | punct |
| 21 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 friend | nmod:poss |
| 22 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 friend | amod |
| 23 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 said | ccomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 pull | punct |
| 25 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 35 pull | mark |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 pull | nsubj |
| 27 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 pull | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 now | advmod |
| 29 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 pull | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 immediately | punct |
| 31 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 29 now | conj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 instantly | cc |
| 33 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 31 immediately | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 pull | punct |
| 35 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 said | conj |
| 36 | as | as | ADV | _ | 37 hard | advmod |
| 37 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 35 pull | advmod |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 can | mark |
| 39 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 41 can | advmod |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 can | nsubj |
| 41 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 hard | advcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 opinion | punct |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 opinion | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 opinion | cop |
| 45 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 opinion | nmod:poss |
| 46 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pull | obl |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 meant | nsubj |
| 48 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 acquaintance | nmod:poss |
| 49 | acquaintance | acquaintance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 meant | nsubj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 ulster | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 ulster | det |
| 52 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 pattern | amod |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 large | punct |
| 54 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 ulster | compound |
| 55 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 ulster | compound |
| 56 | ulster | ulster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 acquaintance | nmod |
| 57 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 56 ulster | punct |
| 58 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 63 meant | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 meant | cc |
| 60 | by | by | ADP | _ | 61 this | case |
| 61 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 63 meant | obl |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 meant | nsubj |
| 63 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 opinion | acl:relcl |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Crocodile | det |
| 65 | Crocodile | Crocodile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 ‘ | compound |
| 66 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 65 Crocodile | punct |
| 67 | ‘ | ‘ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 jerk | nsubj |
| 68 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 69 jerk | aux |
| 69 | jerk | jerk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 meant | ccomp |
| 70 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 69 jerk | obj |
| 71 | into | into | ADP | _ | 74 stream | case |
| 72 | yonder | yonder | ADV | _ | 73 limpid | advmod |
| 73 | limpid | limpid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 stream | amod |
| 74 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 jerk | obl |
| 75 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 78 say | mark |
| 76 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 78 say | nsubj |
| 77 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 78 say | aux |
| 78 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 69 jerk | advcl |
| 79 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 78 say | obj |
| 80 | Robinson | Robinson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Jack | flat |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 said | punct |
| 82 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scuffle down | participle | the Bi Coloured Python Rock Snake not said here | the bank | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pull a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | now | hard property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | is a | present | friend | my opinion | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | mean | past | my opinion | by this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | jerk | future | Crocodile ‘ | you | limpid stream | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result | |||
| 7 | say speech: assert | can | you | Jack | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jack=Topic | ||||
| 8 | acquaint | your | the pattern leather ulster | nom 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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