--- title: At the river a Python-Rock-Snake spanks him too, and then he steps o… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 5: The Elepha… · tree and pragmatics description: At the river a Python-Rock-Snake spanks him too, and then he steps on a "log" that is really the Crocodile, which winks, weeps fake tears and says "Come hither, Little One... Who acts: Python Rock Snake, Child, log, Crocodile. 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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 (Python Rock Snake, Child, log, Crocodile), 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:3 # text = At the river a Python-Rock-Snake spanks him too, and then he steps on a "log" that is really the Crocodile, which winks, weeps fake tears and says "Come hither, Little One... # 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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 spanks spank VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 steps step VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 really really ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl:relcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:conj 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 winks wink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 weeps weep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:xcomp 39 hither hither ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 43 ... ... PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spank** | present | a Python Rock Snake | Child | | the river | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient at river=Location | | 2 | **step** | present | Child | | | a log | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on log=Trajectory | | 3 | **is a** | present | a log | the Crocodile and Little One | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wink** | present | the Crocodile and Little One | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **weep** | present | the Crocodile and Little One *not said here* | fake tears | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Crocodile and Little One *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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. 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