--- title: At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the O… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, ‘Three, O Three, I’m very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work dou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/11/) [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 Camel Got His Hump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/) / 11 # Just so stories, How the Camel Got His Hump, sentence 11 At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, ‘Three, O Three, I’m very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.’ **Who acts:** Man, I, Humph thing, you · **What happens:** call, say, be, not work, go, leave · **To what, where:** Horse, Man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Camel Got His Hump. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Man, I, Humph thing, you), 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:pg2781:3:11 # text = At the end of the day the Man called the Horse and the Dog and the Ox together, and said, ‘Three, O Three, I’m very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the Desert can’t work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work double-time to make up for it.’ 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Three Three PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 48 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 49 Humph Humph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 56 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 cop _ _ 64 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 parataxis _ _ 65 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 69 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 alone alone ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 81 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 84 to to PART TO _ 85 mark _ _ 85 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 advcl _ _ 86 up up ADP RP _ 85 compound:prt _ _ 87 for for ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | the Man | the Horse and the Dog and the Ox | | | at the end of the day | together *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent horse=Theme at end=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** | present | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **work** | can | that Humph thing in the Desert | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | would · perfect | Man | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Man | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **work** | must | you | | | | time | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **make up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for Ox | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/12/) - ↑ back to [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/)