Just so stories, The Elephant’s Child, sentence 52

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake came down from the bank, and knotted himself in a double-clove-hitch round the Elephant’s Child’s hind legs, and said, ‘Rash and inexperienced traveller, we will now seriously devote ourselves to a little high tension, because if we do not, it is my impression that yonder self-propelling man-of-war with the armour-plated upper deck’ (and by this, O Best Beloved, he meant the Crocodile), ‘will permanently vitiate your future career.

Who acts: Bi Coloured Rock Snake, we, tension, impression, Child · What happens: come down, knot, say, devote, not do, be · To what, where: bank, Snake, double clove hitch, Rash, ourselves, little high tension · 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 (Bi Coloured Rock Snake, we, tension, impression), 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	12 came	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	9 Rock	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	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
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 came	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 knotted	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 knotted	cc
19	knotted	knot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 came	conj
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 knotted	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	27 hitch	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 hitch	det
23	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 hitch	amod
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 double	punct
25	clove	clove	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 hitch	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 clove	punct
27	hitch	hitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 knotted	obl
28	round	round	ADP	_	35 legs	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Elephant	det
30	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Child	nmod:poss
31	’s	's	PART	_	30 Elephant	case
32	Child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 legs	nmod:poss
33	’s	's	PART	_	32 Child	case
34	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 legs	amod
35	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 knotted	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 said	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 said	cc
38	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 came	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Rash	punct
40	‘	'	PUNCT	_	41 Rash	punct
41	Rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 said	obj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 traveller	cc
43	inexperienced	inexperienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 traveller	amod
44	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Rash	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 devote	punct
46	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 devote	nsubj
47	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 devote	aux
48	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	50 devote	advmod
49	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	50 devote	advmod
50	devote	devote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 came	conj
51	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	50 devote	obj
52	to	to	ADP	_	56 tension	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 tension	det
54	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 tension	amod
55	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 tension	amod
56	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 devote	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 impression	punct
58	because	because	SCONJ	_	67 impression	mark
59	if	if	SCONJ	_	61 do	mark
60	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 do	nsubj
61	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 impression	advcl
62	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	61 do	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 do	punct
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 impression	nsubj
65	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	67 impression	cop
66	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 impression	nmod:poss
67	impression	impression	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 devote	obl
68	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 propelling	nsubj
69	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	72 propelling	advmod
70	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 propelling	compound
71	-	-	PUNCT	_	70 self	punct
72	propelling	propel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 impression	acl:relcl
73	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 war	nsubj
74	-	-	PUNCT	_	77 war	punct
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 war	case
76	-	-	PUNCT	_	75 of	punct
77	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 propelling	ccomp
78	with	with	ADP	_	84 deck	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 deck	det
80	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 plated	compound
81	-	-	PUNCT	_	80 armour	punct
82	plated	plate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	84 deck	amod
83	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 deck	amod
84	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 war	nmod
85	’	'	PUNCT	_	77 war	punct
86	(	(	PUNCT	_	89 this	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 this	cc
88	by	by	ADP	_	89 this	case
89	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	72 propelling	obl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 Beloved	punct
91	O	o	INTJ	_	93 Beloved	vocative
92	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	93 Beloved	amod
93	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 propelling	obl
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 meant	punct
95	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	96 meant	nsubj
96	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 came	parataxis
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 Crocodile	det
98	Crocodile	Crocodile	PROPN	Number=Sing	96 meant	obj
99	)	)	PUNCT	_	98 Crocodile	punct
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 vitiate	punct
101	‘	'	PUNCT	_	104 vitiate	punct
102	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	104 vitiate	aux
103	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	104 vitiate	advmod
104	vitiate	vitiate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	96 meant	conj
105	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	107 career	nmod:poss
106	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 career	compound
107	career	career	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 vitiate	obj
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come down	past	the Bi Coloured Rock Snake		the bank	then	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bank=Initial_Location
2	knot	past	the Bi Coloured Rock Snake not said here	Snake	a double clove hitch		round the Elephant's Child's hind legs	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	the Bi Coloured Rock Snake not said here	Rash and inexperienced traveller				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rash=Topic
4	devote	future	we	ourselves		now	to a little high tension goal; seriously property	vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ourselves=Theme to tension=Goal
5	not do a condition, not said to happen	present	we					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is a	present	tension	my impression				tree rules
7	propel	gerund	my impression	Best Beloved			by this; yonder property	tree rules
8	plate	participle						vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
9	mean	past	Child	the Crocodile				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Topic
10	vitiate	future	Child not said here	your future career			permanently property	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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