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title: "Five weeks later, there was a heat wave in the Red Sea", and "every… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rh… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Five weeks later, there was a heat wave in the Red Sea", and "everybody took off all the clothes they had": the Parsee took off his hat (it was all he wore), but the Rhino took off his skin, which "buttoned underneath with three buttons and looked like a waterproof" (a raincoat); then he went into 
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# Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin, sentence 12

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"Five weeks later, there was a heat wave in the Red Sea", and "everybody took off all the clothes they had": the Parsee took off his hat (it was all he wore), but the Rhino took off his skin, which "buttoned underneath with three buttons and looked like a waterproof" (a raincoat); then he went into the sea, blowing bubbles through his nose.

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**Who acts:** heat wave, everybody, clothes, Parsee, Rhino, skin · **What happens:** be, take off, have, wear, button, look · **To what, where:** clothes, hat, skin, sea, bubbles, nose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rhinoceros got his Skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heat wave, everybody, clothes, Parsee), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:books:076-justso-rhinoceros-skin.lesson:12
# text = "Five weeks later, there was a heat wave in the Red Sea", and "everybody took off all the clothes they had": the Parsee took off his hat (it was all he wore), but the Rhino took off his skin, which "buttoned underneath with three buttons and looked like a waterproof" (a raincoat); then he went into the sea, blowing bubbles through his nose.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = books
# lesson = 076-justso-rhinoceros-skin.lesson
# annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×5, R8-pos-agree ×2
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
2	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Red	Red	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=14:punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
19	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	20	nsubj	_	_
20	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	off	off	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	20	obj	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Parsee	parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=31:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
31	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
32	off	off	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	38	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
38	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	31	parataxis	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=31:parataxis|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	acl:relcl	_	_
41	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	38	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Rhino	Rhino	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	parataxis	_	_
47	off	off	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
52	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	53	punct	_	_
53	buttoned	button	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
54	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	57	nummod	_	_
57	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=46:conj
60	like	like	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	waterproof	waterproof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
63	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	62	punct	_	_
64	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	66	punct	_	_
65	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	raincoat	raincoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	_
67	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	66	punct	_	_
68	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	71	advmod	_	_
70	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
71	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	conj	_	_
72	into	into	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	_
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
76	blowing	blowing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	71	advcl	_	_
77	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	76	obj	_	_
78	through	through	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	80	nmod:poss	_	_
80	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obl	_	_
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *in a quote* | past | a heat wave in the Red Sea |  |  | there |  | late *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take off** *in a quote* | past | everybody | all clothes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | clothes | all clothes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |
| 4 | **take off** | past | the Parsee | Parsee's hat |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |
| 5 | **wear** | past | Parsee |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **take off** | past | the Rhino | Parsee's skin |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
| 7 | **button** *in a quote* | past | Parsee's skin |  |  |  |  | with three buttons; underneath *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with button=Instrument |
| 8 | **look** *in a quote* | past | Parsee's skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a waterproof | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 9 | **go** | past | Parsee |  |  | the sea | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into sea=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **blowing** | gerund | Parsee *not said here* | bubbles |  | Parsee's nose |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:076-justso-rhinoceros-skin.lesson:12`.

**The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×5, R8-pos-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/).

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