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title: They turned the hissy-snake the other way round for the Z-sound, to… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics
description: They turned the hissy-snake the other way round for the Z-sound, to show it was hissing backwards in a soft and gentle way (23); and they just made a twiddle for E, because it came into the pictures so often (24); and they drew pictures of the sacred Beaver of the Tegumais for the B-sound (25, 26, 2
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# Just so stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, sentence 295

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They turned the hissy-snake the other way round for the Z-sound, to show it was hissing backwards in a soft and gentle way (23); and they just made a twiddle for E, because it came into the pictures so often (24); and they drew pictures of the sacred Beaver of the Tegumais for the B-sound (25, 26, 27, 28); and because it was a nasty, nosy noise, they just drew noses for the N-sound, till they were tired (29); and they drew a picture of the big lake-pike’s mouth for the greedy Ga-sound (30); and they drew the pike’s mouth again with a spear behind it for the scratchy, hurty Ka-sound (31); and they drew pictures of a little bit of the winding Wagai river for the nice windy-windy Wa-sound (32, 33); and so on and so forth and so following till they had done and drawn all the sound-pictures that they wanted, and there was the Alphabet, all complete.

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**Who acts:** pictures, Many, sound pictures, Alphabet · **What happens:** turn, show, hiss, make, come, draw · **To what, where:** hissy snake, soft way, twiddle, 24, pictures, nasty nosy noise · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Alphabet Was Made. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pictures, Many, sound pictures, Alphabet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg2781:10:295
# text = They turned the hissy-snake the other way round for the Z-sound, to show it was hissing backwards in a soft and gentle way (23); and they just made a twiddle for E, because it came into the pictures so often (24); and they drew pictures of the sacred Beaver of the Tegumais for the B-sound (25, 26, 27, 28); and because it was a nasty, nosy noise, they just drew noses for the N-sound, till they were tired (29); and they drew a picture of the big lake-pike’s mouth for the greedy Ga-sound (30); and they drew the pike’s mouth again with a spear behind it for the scratchy, hurty Ka-sound (31); and they drew pictures of a little bit of the winding Wagai river for the nice windy-windy Wa-sound (32, 33); and so on and so forth and so following till they had done and drawn all the sound-pictures that they wanted, and there was the Alphabet, all complete.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	hissy	hissy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	hissing	hiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	ccomp	_	_
22	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
25	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	conj	_	_
28	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
29	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	just	just	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	twiddle	twiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	E	E	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
45	into	into	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	so	so	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	often	often	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
50	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
57	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Tegumais	Tegumais	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
65	for	for	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
67	B	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
70	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	69	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
73	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
75	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	71	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
77	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	71	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
81	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	88	mark	_	_
82	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	88	nsubj	_	_
83	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	88	cop	_	_
84	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
85	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	88	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
87	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	88	amod	_	_
88	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
90	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	92	nsubj	_	_
91	just	just	ADV	RB	_	92	advmod	_	_
92	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
93	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	92	obj	_	_
94	for	for	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
95	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
96	N	N	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	98	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	96	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	103	punct	_	_
100	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	103	mark	_	_
101	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	103	nsubj	_	_
102	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	103	cop	_	_
103	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	advcl	_	_
104	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	105	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	103	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	105	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	110	punct	_	_
108	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	110	cc	_	_
109	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	110	nsubj	_	_
110	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
111	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	112	det	_	_
112	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	110	obj	_	_
113	of	of	ADP	IN	_	120	case	_	_
114	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	118	det	_	_
115	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	118	amod	_	_
116	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	118	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
117	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	116	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
118	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	120	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	’s	's	PART	POS	_	118	case	_	_
120	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	112	nmod	_	_
121	for	for	ADP	IN	_	126	case	_	_
122	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	126	det	_	_
123	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	126	amod	_	_
124	Ga	Ga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	126	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
125	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	124	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
126	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	110	obl	_	_
127	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	128	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	126	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
129	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	128	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	133	punct	_	_
131	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	133	cc	_	_
132	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	133	nsubj	_	_
133	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
134	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	135	det	_	_
135	pike	pike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	137	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
136	’s	's	PART	POS	_	135	case	_	_
137	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	133	obj	_	_
138	again	again	ADV	RB	_	133	advmod	_	_
139	with	with	ADP	IN	_	141	case	_	_
140	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	141	det	_	_
141	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	133	obl	_	_
142	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	143	case	_	_
143	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	141	nmod	_	_
144	for	for	ADP	IN	_	151	case	_	_
145	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	151	det	_	_
146	scratchy	scratchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	151	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
147	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	146	punct	_	_
148	hurty	hurty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	151	amod	_	_
149	Ka	Ka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	151	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
150	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	149	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
151	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	133	obl	_	_
152	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	153	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
153	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	151	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
154	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	153	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
155	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	158	punct	_	_
156	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	158	cc	_	_
157	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	158	nsubj	_	_
158	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
159	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	158	obj	_	_
160	of	of	ADP	IN	_	163	case	_	_
161	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	163	det	_	_
162	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	163	amod	_	_
163	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	159	nmod	_	_
164	of	of	ADP	IN	_	168	case	_	_
165	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	168	det	_	_
166	winding	wind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	168	amod	_	_
167	Wagai	Wagai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	168	compound	_	_
168	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	163	nmod	_	_
169	for	for	ADP	IN	_	177	case	_	_
170	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	177	det	_	_
171	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	177	amod	_	_
172	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	174	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
173	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	172	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
174	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	177	amod	_	_
175	Wa	Wa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	177	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
176	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	175	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
177	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	168	nmod	_	_
178	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	179	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
179	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	177	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
180	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	181	punct	_	_
181	33	33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	179	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
182	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	179	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
183	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	186	punct	_	_
184	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	186	cc	_	_
185	so	so	ADV	RB	_	186	advmod	_	_
186	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
187	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	189	cc	_	_
188	so	so	ADV	RB	_	189	advmod	_	_
189	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	186	conj	_	_
190	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	192	cc	_	_
191	so	so	ADV	RB	_	192	advmod	_	_
192	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
193	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	196	mark	_	_
194	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	196	nsubj	_	_
195	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	196	aux	_	_
196	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	192	advcl	_	_
197	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	198	cc	_	_
198	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	196	conj	_	_
199	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	203	det:predet	_	_
200	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	203	det	_	_
201	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	203	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
202	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	201	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
203	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	196	obl	_	_
204	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	206	nsubj	_	_
205	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	206	nsubj	_	_
206	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	203	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
207	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	210	punct	_	_
208	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	210	cc	_	_
209	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	210	expl	_	_
210	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
211	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	212	det	_	_
212	Alphabet	Alphabet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	210	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
213	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	215	punct	_	_
214	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	215	det	_	_
215	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	212	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
216	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | pictures *= picture* | the hissy snake |  |  |  | for the Z sound; round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme snake=Result |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | pictures *= picture* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hiss** | past · progressive | Many |  |  | a soft way |  | backwards *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location |
| 4 | **make** | past | pictures *= picture* | a twiddle |  |  |  | for E | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent twiddle=Product for e=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **come** | past | Many | 24 |  | the pictures |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into picture=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **draw** | past | pictures *= picture* | pictures of the sacred Beaver of the Tegumais |  |  |  | for the B sound | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent picture=Result for sound=Beneficiary |
| 7 | **is a** | past | Many | a nasty nosy noise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **draw** | past | pictures *= picture* | noses |  |  |  | for the N sound | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent nose=Result for sound=Beneficiary |
| 9 | **is** | past | pictures *= picture* |  |  |  |  | 29 *obl*; tired *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **draw** | past | pictures *= picture* | a picture of the big lake pike's mouth |  |  |  | for the greedy Ga sound | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent picture=Result for sound=Beneficiary |
| 11 | **draw** | past | pictures *= picture* | the pike's mouth |  |  | again | with a spear behind Many; for the scratchy hurty Ka sound | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mouth=Result for sound=Beneficiary |
| 12 | **draw** | past | pictures *= picture* | pictures of a little bit of the winding Wagai river for the nice windy Wa sound |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme |
| 13 | **wind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 14 | **follow** | gerund | pictures *= picture* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 15 | **do** | past · perfect | pictures *= picture* | all sound pictures |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 16 | **draw** | participle | pictures *= picture* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 17 | **want** | past | all sound pictures |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 18 | **be** | past | the Alphabet |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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