--- title: The Parsee came down from his palm tree, "smiled one smile that ran… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rh… · tree and pragmatics description: The Parsee came down from his palm tree, "smiled one smile that ran all round his face two times", danced three times round the skin, then filled his hat with crumbs and rubbed the skin full of "old, dry, stale, tickly cake-crumbs and some burned currants". 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(He never ate anything but cake and never swept out his camp, so there were plenty of crumbs.) **Who acts:** Parsee, one smile, plenty · **What happens:** come down, smile, run, dance, fill, rub · **To what, where:** palm tree, one smile, face, skin, hat, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Parsee, one smile, plenty), 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:13 # text = The Parsee came down from his palm tree, "smiled one smile that ran all round his face two times", danced three times round the skin, then filled his hat with crumbs and rubbed the skin full of "old, dry, stale, tickly cake-crumbs and some burned currants". (He never ate anything but cake and never swept out his camp, so there were plenty of crumbs.) # 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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Parsee parsee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=11:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 11 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 round round ADP IN _ 19 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:obj 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:obl:unmarked 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 round round ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=26:nmod 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 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 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:nmod 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=44:punct 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=46:punct 48 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 tickly tickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 53 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 56 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 amod _ _ 57 currants currant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 60 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 63 punct _ _ 61 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 64 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 63 obj _ _ 65 but but ADP IN _ 66 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=66:cc|HaikuPos=CCONJ:CC:_ 66 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 70 out out ADP RP _ 69 compound:prt _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=69:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 73 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 74 so so ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 75 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 76 expl _ _ 76 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 77 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nmod _ _ 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 81 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | the Parsee | | | Parsee's palm tree | | down *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **smile** *in a quote* | past | | one smile | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Topic | | 3 | **run** *in a quote* | past | one smile | | | Parsee's face | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round face=Trajectory | | 4 | **dance** | past | the Parsee *not said here* | | | the skin | time | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round skin=Trajectory | | 5 | **fill** | past | | Parsee's hat | | | then | with crumbs | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hat=Patient with crumb=Instrument | | 6 | **rub** | past | | the skin | | | | full *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 7 | **burn** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **eat** | past | Parsee | anything | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 9 | **not** **sweep out** | past | Parsee *not said here* | Parsee's camp | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme camp=Trajectory | | 10 | **be** | past | plenty of crumbs | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. **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:13`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×3. **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/). - ← previous: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:…, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/12/) - next →: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3:…, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/14/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/76-justso-rhinoceros-skin/)