--- title: Then he went South and found All-the-Turtle-there-was scratching wit… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went South and found All-the-Turtle-there-was scratching with his flippers in the sand that had been got ready for him, and the sand and the rocks whirled through the air and fell far off into the sea. Who acts: Kun, All, sand. 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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 (Kun, All, sand), 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:pg2781:11:24 # text = Then he went South and found All-the-Turtle-there-was scratching with his flippers in the sand that had been got ready for him, and the sand and the rocks whirled through the air and fell far off into the sea. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 South south ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Turtle Turtle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 scratching scratch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 ccomp _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 flippers flipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 37 whirled whirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 off off ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Kun | | | | then | south *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Kun *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **scratch** | past · progressive | All | | | there | | with Kun's flippers in the sand | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with flipper=Instrument | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect · passive | | the sand | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 5 | **whirl** | past | the sand and the rocks | | | the air | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Destination | | 6 | **fall** | past | the sand and the rocks *not said here* | | | | | into the sea *result*; off *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/25/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)