--- title: So he took the paddle; but there was no need to paddle, for the wate… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: So he took the paddle; but there was no need to paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek--the Heart of the Sea--where the great hollow is that leads down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow grows the Wonderful Tree, Pauh Jang --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Just so stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/) / [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/) / 62 # Just so stories, The Crab That Played With the Sea, sentence 62 So he took the paddle; but there was no need to paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek--the Heart of the Sea--where the great hollow is that leads down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow grows the Wonderful Tree, Pauh Janggi, that bears the magic twin nuts. **Who acts:** Pau, water, waters, that · **What happens:** take, be, paddle, flow, come, call · **To what, where:** paddle, need, place, Wonderful Tree, hollow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Crab That Played With the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pau, water, waters, that), 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:pg2781:11:62 # text = So he took the paddle; but there was no need to paddle, for the water flowed steadily past all the islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek--the Heart of the Sea--where the great hollow is that leads down to the heart of the world, and in that hollow grows the Wonderful Tree, Pauh Janggi, that bears the magic twin nuts. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paddle paddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 paddle paddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 steadily steadily ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 past past ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 Pusat Pusat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 32 Tasek Tasek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Heart Heart PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl:relcl _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 59 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 Wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 Pauh Pauh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 appos _ _ 65 Janggi Janggi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 67 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ _ 68 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 70 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 71 twin twin NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Pau | the paddle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paddle=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | Pau *not said here* | no need | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **paddle** | to-infinitive | Pau *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **flow** | past | the water | | | | | past all islands; steadily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | waters *= water* | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | the place *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lead down** | present | that | | | | | to the heart of the world; down *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to heart=Patient | | 8 | **grow** | present | | the Wonderful Tree and the magic twin nuts | | that hollow | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme | | 9 | **nut** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/63/) - ↑ back to [The Crab That Played With the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/11/)