--- title: The Leopard says, "if you were on the High Veldt I could see you ten… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Le… · tree and pragmatics description: The Leopard says, "if you were on the High Veldt I could see you ten miles off", and the Zebra answers, "but this isn't the High Veldt. Who acts: Leopard, you, Zebra, this. 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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 (Leopard, you, Zebra, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:078-justso-leopard-spots-2.lesson:9 # text = The Leopard says, "if you were on the High Veldt I could see you ten miles off", and the Zebra answers, "but this isn't the High Veldt. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 078-justso-leopard-spots-2.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Leopard leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Veldt veldt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 advcl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:advcl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 off off ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=19:punct 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Veldt veldt NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 35 . . 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Leopard | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | the High Veldt | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | could | the Leopard *= leopard* | you | | | | off *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | Zebra | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the High Veldt | | | | | 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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