--- title: They came down the marble steps, one hundred abreast, and beneath hi… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: They came down the marble steps, one hundred abreast, and beneath his camphor-tree, still weak with laughing, they saw the Most Wise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and forth with a Butterfly on either hand, and they heard him say, ‘O wife of my brother in the air, remember after this, to pleas --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/143/) [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 Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/) / 143 # Just so stories, The Butterfly That Stamped, sentence 143 They came down the marble steps, one hundred abreast, and beneath his camphor-tree, still weak with laughing, they saw the Most Wise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and forth with a Butterfly on either hand, and they heard him say, ‘O wife of my brother in the air, remember after this, to please your husband in all things, lest he be provoked to stamp his foot yet again; for he has said that he is used to this magic, and he is most eminently a great magician--one who steals away the very Palace of Suleirnan-bin-Daoud himself. **Who acts:** Djinns, Suleiman · **What happens:** come down, laugh, see, rock, hear, say · **To what, where:** marble steps, Most, hand, Suleiman, wife, husband · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly That Stamped. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Djinns, Suleiman), 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:pg2781:13:143 # text = They came down the marble steps, one hundred abreast, and beneath his camphor-tree, still weak with laughing, they saw the Most Wise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and forth with a Butterfly on either hand, and they heard him say, ‘O wife of my brother in the air, remember after this, to please your husband in all things, lest he be provoked to stamp his foot yet again; for he has said that he is used to this magic, and he is most eminently a great magician--one who steals away the very Palace of Suleirnan-bin-Daoud himself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ _ 9 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 10 abreast abreast ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 camphor camphor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 21 with with SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 obj _ _ 28 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 35 rocking rock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 forth forth ADV RB _ 36 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 O o INTJ UH _ 54 discourse _ _ 54 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 63 after after ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 please please VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 68 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 72 det _ _ 72 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 74 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 77 aux:pass _ _ 77 provoked provoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 conj _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 79 mark _ _ 79 stamp stamp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 xcomp _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obj _ _ 82 yet yet ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 again again ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ; ; PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 85 for for SCONJ IN _ 88 mark _ _ 86 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 88 nsubj _ _ 87 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 88 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 parataxis _ _ 89 that that SCONJ IN _ 92 mark _ _ 90 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 92 nsubj _ _ 91 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 92 aux:pass _ _ 92 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 88 advcl _ _ 93 to to ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 94 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 95 det _ _ 95 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 97 and and CCONJ CC _ 104 cc _ _ 98 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 104 nsubj _ _ 99 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 104 cop _ _ 100 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 101 advmod _ _ 101 eminently eminently ADV RB _ 104 advmod _ _ 102 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 104 det _ _ 103 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 104 amod _ _ 104 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 105 -- -- PUNCT , _ 106 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 106 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 104 appos _ _ 107 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 108 nsubj _ _ 108 steals steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 106 acl:relcl _ _ 109 away away ADV RB _ 108 advmod _ _ 110 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 112 det _ _ 111 very very ADV RB _ 112 advmod _ _ 112 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 106 appos _ _ 113 of of ADP IN _ 118 case _ _ 114 Suleirnan Suleirnan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 118 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 115 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 114 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 116 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 114 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 117 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 116 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 118 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 112 nmod _ _ 119 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 112 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 120 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | Djinns *= djinn* | the marble steps one hundred | | | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | Djinns *= djinn* *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Djinns *= djinn* | the Most Suleiman Wise King | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus | | 4 | **rock** | gerund | Suleiman Wise King *not said here* | | | either hand | | with a Butterfly | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | | 5 | **hear** | past | Djinns *= djinn* | Suleiman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Suleiman *not said here* | wife of my brother in the air | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **remember** | infinitive | | | | | after this | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **please** | to-infinitive | | your husband | | all things | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus husband=Experiencer | | 9 | **provoke** | infinitive · passive | | Suleiman | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **stamp** | to-infinitive | | Suleiman's foot | | | again | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | Suleiman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **use** | present · passive | | Suleiman | | | | to this magic | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 13 | **is a** | present | Suleiman | a great magician | | | | eminently *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **steal away** | present | | | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/144/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)