--- title: He went East, and he found All-the-Cow there-was feeding in the fiel… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: He went East, and he found All-the-Cow there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud. Who acts: Elephant, Cow. 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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 (Elephant, Cow), 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:pg2781:11:18 # text = He went East, and he found All-the-Cow there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud. 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 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 round round ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 down down ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 chew chew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 cud cud NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Elephant | East | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location east=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Elephant | all Cow | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic | | 3 | **feed** | past · progressive | Elephant *not said here* | | | the field | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the field | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 5 | **lick** | past | Cow | Cow's tongue | | | time | round a whole forest | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tongue=Source | | 6 | **swallow** | past | | tongue | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **sit down** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **chew** | to-infinitive | | Cow's cud | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/19/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)