--- title: The Rhino "rolled and rolled and rolled", and the more he scratched… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 3: How the Rh… · tree and pragmatics description: The Rhino "rolled and rolled and rolled", and the more he scratched the worse it tickled; then he rubbed against the palm tree so hard that he made "a great fold over his shoulders, and another fold underneath", rubbed the buttons off, and made more folds over his legs. Who acts: Rhino, plenty. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rhino, 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:14 # text = The Rhino "rolled and rolled and rolled", and the more he scratched the worse it tickled; then he rubbed against the palm tree so hard that he made "a great fold over his shoulders, and another fold underneath", rubbed the buttons off, and made more folds over his legs. # 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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rhino Rhino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 4 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=6:conj 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=8:punct 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 parataxis _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 tickled tickle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:ccomp 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=23:xcomp|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=44:det 43 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 underneath underneath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 off off ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=47:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 54 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 amod _ _ 55 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 over over ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** *in a quote* | past | the Rhino | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **roll** *in a quote* | past | the Rhino *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **roll** *in a quote* | past | the Rhino *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **scratch** | past | Rhino | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tickle** | past | plenty | | | | | | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **rub** | past | Rhino | | | the palm tree | then | hard *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against tree=Destination | | 7 | **make** | past | Rhino | a great fold | | Rhino's shoulders | | | tree rules | | 8 | **rub off** | past | | the buttons | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent button=Theme | | 9 | **make** | past | | more folds | | Rhino's legs | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fold=Product | 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. 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