--- title: He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him. Who acts: Magician. 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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 (Magician), 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:pg2781:11:15 # text = He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Best Good ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 6 flat _ _ 6 Beloved Beloved PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 21 with with 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 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 stamping stamp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Magician | North and Best Beloved | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location north=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Magician | all Elephant | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Topic | | 3 | **dig** | past · progressive | Magician *not said here* | | | there | | with Magician's tusks | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tusk=Instrument | | 4 | **stamp** | gerund | Magician *not said here* | | | the nice new clean earth | | with Magician's feet | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in earth=Destination | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the nice new clean earth | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/16/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)