--- title: The hunter asks "the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna", which… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Le… · tree and pragmatics description: The hunter asks "the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna", which means "where the wild animals of this land live now" ("aboriginal" here = there from the beginning, "fauna" = animals, "flora" = plants); the book says he always used long words because he was a grown-up. 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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 (hunter, aboriginal Fauna, wild animals, book), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:077-justso-leopard-spots-1.lesson:14 # text = The hunter asks "the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna", which means "where the wild animals of this land live now" ("aboriginal" here = there from the beginning, "fauna" = animals, "flora" = plants); the book says he always used long words because he was a grown-up. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 077-justso-leopard-spots-1.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, R7-rel-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 habitat habitat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:obl 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 aboriginal aboriginal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 11 Fauna fauna NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=20:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 20 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 29 aboriginal aboriginal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 32 = = PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 fauna fauna NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 41 = = PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 flora flora NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 = = PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 appos _ _ 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 48 punct _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 56 advmod _ _ 56 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 57 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 because because SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=63:det 63 grown grow NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 advcl _ _ 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ _ 65 up up ADP RP _ 63 compound _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the hunter | the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna | animals flora | there | from the beginning | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | the aboriginal Fauna | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | the wild animals of this land | | | here | now | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the book | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **use** | past | hunter | long words | | | | always *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | hunter | grown | | | | | tree rules | 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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