Just so stories, How the First Letter Was Written, sentence 114

‘Most shocking!’ said the Neolithic ladies, and they filled the Stranger-man’s hair with mud (at which he was surprised), and they beat upon the Reverberating Tribal Drums, and called together all the chiefs of the Tribe of Tegumai, with their Hetmans and Dolmans, all Neguses, Woons, and Akhoonds of the organisation, in addition to the Warlocks, Angekoks, Juju-men, Bonzes, and the rest, who decided that before they chopped the Stranger-man’s head off he should instantly lead them down to the river and show them where he had hidden poor Taffy.

Who acts: people, man, rest · What happens: say, fill, be, beat, reverberate, call together · To what, where: Neolithic ladies, hair, Reverberating Tribal Drums, chiefs, head, people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the First Letter Was Written. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, man, rest), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
2	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 shocking	amod
3	shocking	shocking	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	parataxis
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 shocking	punct
5	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 shocking	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ladies	det
8	Neolithic	neolithic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ladies	amod
9	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 said	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 filled	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 filled	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 filled	nsubj
13	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 man	det
15	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 man	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Stranger	punct
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hair	nmod:poss
18	’s	's	PART	_	17 man	case
19	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 filled	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 mud	case
21	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 filled	obl
22	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 surprised	punct
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 which	case
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 surprised	obl
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 surprised	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 surprised	cop
27	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 filled	parataxis
28	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 surprised	punct
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 beat	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 beat	cc
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 beat	nsubj
32	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
33	upon	upon	ADP	_	37 Drums	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 Drums	det
35	Reverberating	reverberate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 Drums	amod
36	Tribal	tribal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 Drums	amod
37	Drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 beat	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 called	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 called	cc
40	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 beat	parataxis
41	together	together	ADV	_	40 called	advmod
42	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	44 chiefs	det:predet
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 chiefs	det
44	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 called	xcomp
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 Tribe	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Tribe	det
47	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 chiefs	nmod
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 Tegumai	case
49	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Tribe	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 Hetmans	punct
51	with	with	ADP	_	53 Hetmans	case
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 Hetmans	nmod:poss
53	Hetmans	hetman	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 called	parataxis
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 Dolmans	cc
55	Dolmans	Dolman	PROPN	Number=Plur	53 Hetmans	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 Neguses	punct
57	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	58 Neguses	det
58	Neguses	negus	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 Hetmans	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 Woons	punct
60	Woons	woon	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 Neguses	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 Akhoonds	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 Akhoonds	cc
63	Akhoonds	Akhoonds	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	parataxis
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 organisation	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 organisation	det
66	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 Akhoonds	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 addition	punct
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 addition	case
69	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 Akhoonds	appos
70	to	to	ADP	_	72 Warlocks	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 Warlocks	det
72	Warlocks	warlock	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 addition	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 Angekoks	punct
74	Angekoks	angekok	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 Warlocks	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 men	punct
76	Juju	Juju	PROPN	Number=Sing	78 men	compound
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 Juju	punct
78	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 Akhoonds	appos
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 Bonzes	punct
80	Bonzes	Bonz	PROPN	Number=Plur	78 men	conj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 decided	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 decided	cc
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 rest	det
84	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 decided	nsubj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 decided	punct
86	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	87 decided	nsubj
87	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
88	that	that	SCONJ	_	91 chopped	mark
89	before	before	SCONJ	_	91 chopped	mark
90	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 chopped	nsubj
91	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	87 decided	ccomp
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 man	det
93	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 man	compound
94	-	-	PUNCT	_	93 Stranger	punct
95	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 head	nmod:poss
96	’s	's	PART	_	95 man	case
97	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 chopped	obj
98	off	off	ADP	_	102 lead	mark
99	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 lead	nsubj
100	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	102 lead	aux
101	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	102 lead	advmod
102	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	91 chopped	advcl
103	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 lead	obj
104	down	down	ADP	_	102 lead	compound:prt
105	to	to	ADP	_	107 river	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 river	det
107	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 lead	obl
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 show	cc
109	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	102 lead	conj
110	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	109 show	obj
111	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	114 hidden	advmod
112	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	114 hidden	nsubj
113	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	114 hidden	aux
114	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	109 show	ccomp
115	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	116 Taffy	amod
116	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	114 hidden	obj
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		the Neolithic ladies			tree rules
2	fill	past	people	the Stranger man's hair		with mud	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Patient with mud=Instrument
3	is	past	man			surprised property	tree rules
4	beat	present	people		the Reverberating Tribal Drums		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon drum=Location
5	reverberate	gerund					vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	call together speech: assert	participle		all chiefs of the Tribe of Tegumai		together property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	decide	past	the rest				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	chop	past	people	the Stranger man's head			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
9	lead down	should	man	people	the river	instantly property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to river=Destination
10	show	infinitive	man not said here	people			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
11	hide	past · perfect	man	poor Taffy			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taffy=Patient

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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