--- title: WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas out… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes _wop_ (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide; When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you aren’t waked or --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/2/43/) [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/) / [How the Whale Got His Throat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/2/) / 43 # Just so stories, How the Whale Got His Throat, sentence 43 WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes \_wop\_ (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide; When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you aren’t waked or washed or dressed, Why, then you will know (if you haven’t guessed) You’re ‘Fifty North and Forty West!’ **Who acts:** cabin port holes, ship, wiggle, trunks, Nursey, Mummy · **What happens:** be, go, fall, begin, slide, lie · **To what, where:** \_ wop, soup tureen, floor, you, mummy, Fifty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Whale Got His Throat. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cabin port holes, ship, wiggle, trunks), 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:pg2781:2:43 # text = WHEN the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes _wop_ (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide; When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you aren’t waked or washed or dressed, Why, then you will know (if you haven’t guessed) You’re ‘Fifty North and Forty West!’ 1 WHEN when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 outside outside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 When when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 wop wop NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wiggle wiggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 33 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 tureen tureen NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 When when SCONJ WRB _ 49 mark _ _ 48 Nursey Nursey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 Mummy Mummy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 And and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 69 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 waked wake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 71 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 conj _ _ 73 or or CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 81 advmod _ _ 79 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ _ 80 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 conj _ _ 82 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 if if SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 84 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 85 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 86 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 87 advmod _ _ 87 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 90 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 87 punct _ _ 89 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 90 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 ’re 're VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 ccomp _ _ 91 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 90 obj _ _ 93 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 96 compound _ _ 94 and and CCONJ CC _ 95 cc _ _ 95 Forty Forty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 93 conj _ _ 96 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 92 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 97 ! ! PUNCT . _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 98 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 90 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the cabin port holes | | | | | because the seas; dark, outside *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the cabin port holes *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | present | the ship | \_ wop | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wop=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | present | a wiggle and the steward | | | | | into the soup tureen *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into tureen=Result | | 5 | **begin** | present | the trunks | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **slide** | to-infinitive | the trunks *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lie** | present | Nursey | | | the floor | | in a heap | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Mummy | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mummy *not said here* | mummy | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sleep** | infinitive | mummy *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **wake** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 12 | **wash** | participle | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **know** | future | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 15 | **not** **guess** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **'re** | past | You | Fifty North West | | | | | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/2/42/) - next →: [How the Camel Got His Hump, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/1/) - ↑ back to [How the Whale Got His Throat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/2/)