--- title: The Kolokolo Bird, sitting in the middle of a wait-a-bit thorn-bush… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elepha… · tree and pragmatics description: The Kolokolo Bird, sitting in the middle of a wait-a-bit thorn-bush (a thorny African bush that catches at you), said: "Go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out." Who acts: Kolokolo Bird, thorny African bush. 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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 (Kolokolo Bird, thorny African bush), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:079-justso-elephants-child-1.lesson:10 # text = The Kolokolo Bird, sitting in the middle of a wait-a-bit thorn-bush (a thorny African bush that catches at you), said: "Go to the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, and find out." # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 079-justso-elephants-child-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 ×5, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Kolokolo Kolokolo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Bird bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=30:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:det 11 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:det 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 16 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 thorny thorny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:det 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:amod 40 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 42 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 greasy greasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 Limpopo Limpopo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:appos 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ _ 50 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ _ 54 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 58 out out ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ _ 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | the Kolokolo Bird *not said here* | | | the middle of wait | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 2 | **catch** | present | a thorny African bush | | | | | at you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at you=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Kolokolo Bird | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the banks the great green greasy Limpopo River | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bank=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **find out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | 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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