--- title: And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line; and the Fisherman l… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line; and the Fisherman let his line down till it touched the Sea, and he pulled the whole deep Sea along, past the Island of Bintang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till the canoe whirled into the mouth of the Perak River again. 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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 (Rat, Fisherman, line), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **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:pg2781:11:136 # text = And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line; and the Fisherman let his line down till it touched the Sea, and he pulled the whole deep Sea along, past the Island of Bintang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till the canoe whirled into the mouth of the Perak River again. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 biting bite VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Fisherman Fisherman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 line line VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 along along ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 past past ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Bintang Bintang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 past past ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 past past ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Malacca Malacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 past past ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Selangor Selangor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 till till ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 52 whirled whirl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Perak Perak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 60 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the Rat of the Moon | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **bite** | gerund | the Rat of the Moon *not said here* | the line | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient | | 3 | **let** | past | the Fisherman | | | | till the canoe | past Singapore; past Malacca; past Selangor | tree rules | | 4 | **line down** | infinitive | the Fisherman *not said here* | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **touch** | past | line | the Sea | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Co-Theme | | 6 | **pull** | past | Rat | the whole deep Sea | | | | past the Island of Bintang; along *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent sea=Result | | 7 | **whirl** | participle | | the canoe *not said here* | | the mouth of the Perak River | again | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mouth=Destination | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/137/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)