--- title: At "the Wollgong River" there was no bridge and no ferry-boat, "so h… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-S… · tree and pragmatics description: At "the Wollgong River" there was no bridge and no ferry-boat, "so he stood on his legs and hopped": "First he hopped one yard; then he hopped three yards; then he hopped five yards; his legs growing stronger; his legs growing longer." Who acts: bridge, legs. 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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 (bridge, legs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:081-justso-old-man-kangaroo.lesson:12 # text = At "the Wollgong River" there was no bridge and no ferry-boat, "so he stood on his legs and hopped": "First he hopped one yard; then he hopped three yards; then he hopped five yards; his legs growing stronger; his legs growing longer." # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 081-justso-old-man-kangaroo.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Wollgong Wollgong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 13 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=5:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 29 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 44 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 conj _ _ 50 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=49:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBR:Degree=Cmp 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 54 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 parataxis _ _ 55 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no bridge and no ferry boat | | | the Wollgong River; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at river=Location | | 2 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | bridge | | | bridge's legs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location | | 3 | **hop** *in a quote* | past | bridge *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hop** *in a quote* | past | bridge | one yard | | | | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory | | 5 | **hop** *in a quote* | past | bridge | three yards | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory | | 6 | **hop** *in a quote* | past | bridge | five yards | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | gerund | bridge's legs | | | | | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **grow** *in a quote* | gerund | bridge's legs | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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