--- title: He complained that Dingo had "altered my shape so I'll never get it… — Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 6: The Sing-S… · tree and pragmatics description: He complained that Dingo had "altered my shape so I'll never get it back; and he's played Old Scratch with my legs" ("Old Scratch" = an old name for the Devil, so "played Old Scratch with" = ruined). Who acts: Dingo. 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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 (Dingo), 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:15 # text = He complained that Dingo had "altered my shape so I'll never get it back; and he's played Old Scratch with my legs" ("Old Scratch" = an old name for the Devil, so "played Old Scratch with" = ruined). # 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): R5-strong ×4, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 complained complain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:mark 4 Dingo Dingo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:nsubj 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 's have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 22 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 = = PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 43 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Scratch scratch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=43:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 46 with with SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 48 = = SYM SYM _ 49 dep _ _ 49 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | Dingo | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **alter** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Dingo | my shape | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 3 | **not** **get back** *in a quote* | future | Dingo | shape | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **play** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Dingo | Old Scratch | | | | with my legs Old Scratch and a old name for the Devil | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent scratch=Theme with leg=Co-Agent | | 5 | **play** *in a quote* | past | | Old Scratch | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scratch=Theme | | 6 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: 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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