--- title: In Kipling's tale the Butterfly boasts to his wife that if he stamps… — Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in man… · tree and pragmatics description: In Kipling's tale the Butterfly boasts to his wife that if he stamps his foot Suleiman's palace will vanish, and she tests him by telling him to do it; Balkis helps so that his wife believes him and he is not shamed, he never boasts again, and Suleiman laughs but keeps the secret: wise people can st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / [Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one st…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/) / 15 # Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn, sentence 15 In Kipling's tale the Butterfly boasts to his wife that if he stamps his foot Suleiman's palace will vanish, and she tests him by telling him to do it; Balkis helps so that his wife believes him and he is not shamed, he never boasts again, and Suleiman laughs but keeps the secret: wise people can stop a boast without shaming the boaster. **Who acts:** Butterfly, palace, Balkis, wife, Suleiman, wise people · **What happens:** boast, stamp, vanish, test, tell, do · **To what, where:** wife, tale, foot, Butterfly, secret, boast · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Butterfly, palace, Balkis, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn.lesson:15 # text = In Kipling's tale the Butterfly boasts to his wife that if he stamps his foot Suleiman's palace will vanish, and she tests him by telling him to do it; Balkis helps so that his wife believes him and he is not shamed, he never boasts again, and Suleiman laughs but keeps the secret: wise people can stop a boast without shaming the boaster. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=4:nmod:poss|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:det 6 Butterfly butterfly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=7:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 7 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stamps stamp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 tests test VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 by by SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 34 Balkis Balkis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 shamed shame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=35:conj 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=46:punct 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 : : PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 63 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 boast boast NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 without without SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 68 shaming shame VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 boaster boaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | the Butterfly | | Butterfly's wife | Kipling's tale | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stamp** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Butterfly | Butterfly's foot | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination | | 3 | **vanish** | future | Suleiman's palace | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **test** | present | palace | Butterfly | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | palace *not said here* | | Butterfly | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | palace *not said here* | foot | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **help** | present | Balkis | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **believe** | present | Balkis's wife | Butterfly | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **shame** | present · passive | | Butterfly | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 10 | **not** **boast** *speech: other* | present | Butterfly | | | | again | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **laugh** | present | Suleiman | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **keep** | present | Suleiman *not said here* | the secret | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | | 13 | **stop** | can | wise people | a boast | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector boast=Eventuality | | 14 | **shame** | gerund | wise people *not said here* | the boaster | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boaster=Experiencer | | 15 | **tell** | | Kipling | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=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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