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Just so stories, The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo, sentence 21

He ran through the desert; he ran through the mountains; he ran through the salt-pans; he ran through the reed-beds; he ran through the blue gums; he ran through the spinifex; he ran till his front legs ached.

Who acts: Beloved, front legs · What happens: run, ache · To what, where: desert, mountains, salt pans, reed beds, blue gums, spinifex

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beloved, front legs), 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

nsubjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjcasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctnsubjconjcasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctnsubjparataxiscasedetamodoblpunctnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjconjmarknmod:possamodnsubjadvclpunctrootHePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETdesertNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETmountainsNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETsaltNOUN-PUNCTpansNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETreedNOUN-PUNCTbedsNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETblueADJgumsNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBthroughADPtheDETspinifexNOUN;PUNCThePRONranVERBtillSCONJhisPRONfrontADJlegsNOUNachedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 rannsubj
2ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3throughthroughADP_5 desertcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 desertdet
5desertdesertNOUNNumber=Sing2 ranobl
6;;PUNCT_8 ranpunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 rannsubj
8ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 ranconj
9throughthroughADP_11 mountainscase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 mountainsdet
11mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur8 ranobl
12;;PUNCT_14 ranpunct
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 rannsubj
14ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 ranconj
15throughthroughADP_19 panscase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 pansdet
17saltsaltNOUNNumber=Sing19 panscompound
18--PUNCT_17 saltpunct
19panspanNOUNNumber=Plur14 ranobl
20;;PUNCT_22 ranpunct
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 rannsubj
22ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 ranconj
23throughthroughADP_27 bedscase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 bedsdet
25reedreedNOUNNumber=Sing27 bedscompound
26--PUNCT_25 reedpunct
27bedsbedNOUNNumber=Plur22 ranobl
28;;PUNCT_30 ranpunct
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 rannsubj
30ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 ranparataxis
31throughthroughADP_34 gumscase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 gumsdet
33blueblueADJDegree=Pos34 gumsamod
34gumsgumNOUNNumber=Plur30 ranobl
35;;PUNCT_37 ranpunct
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 rannsubj
37ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 ranconj
38throughthroughADP_40 spinifexcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 spinifexdet
40spinifexspinifexNOUNNumber=Sing37 ranobl
41;;PUNCT_43 ranpunct
42hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 rannsubj
43ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 ranconj
44tilltillSCONJ_48 achedmark
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 legsnmod:poss
46frontfrontADJDegree=Pos47 legsamod
47legslegNOUNNumber=Plur48 achednsubj
48achedacheVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 ranadvcl
49..PUNCT_2 ranpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1runpastBelovedthe desertvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through desert=Trajectory
2runpastBelovedthe mountainsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mountain=Trajectory
3runpastBelovedthe salt pansvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through pan=Trajectory
4runpastBelovedthe reed bedsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through bed=Trajectory
5runpastBelovedthe blue gumsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gum=Trajectory
6runpastBelovedthe spinifexvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through spinifex=Trajectory
7runpastBelovedvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8achepastBeloved's front legsvn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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