--- title: That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a palaver, and an _indaba_, and a _punchayet_, and a pow-wow on the edge of the Desert; and the Camel came chewing on milkweed _most_ ‘scruciating idle, and laughed at them. Who acts: That, besides, Camel. 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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 (That, besides, Camel), 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:pg2781:3:12 # text = That made the Three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a palaver, and an _indaba_, and a _punchayet_, and a pow-wow on the edge of the Desert; and the Camel came chewing on milkweed _most_ ‘scruciating idle, and laughed at them. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Three Three PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 palaver palaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 indaba indaba NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 punchayet punchayet NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 pow pow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 wow wow NOUN NN _ 16 nmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 53 chewing chew VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 xcomp _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 milkweed milkweed NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 59 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ _ 59 ‘ ‘ X GW _ 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 scruciating scruciat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 61 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | That | the Three | | | | angry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset three=Product | | 2 | **hold** | past | besides *= beside* | a palaver and a \_ indaba | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palaver=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the Camel | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **chew** | gerund | the Camel *not said here* | most ‘ | | milkweed | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ‘=Patient | | 5 | **scruciat** | gerund | the Camel *not said here* | | | | | idle *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **laugh** | past | the Camel *not said here* | | | | | at besides *= beside* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/13/) - ↑ back to [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/)