--- title: And the Camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: And the Camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph. Who acts: 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 (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:pg2781:3:34 # text = And the Camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Humph Humph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 puffing puff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 puffing puff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 lolloping lollop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 humph humph NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Camel | Humph | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent humph=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Camel | work | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Camel | Camel's back | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Camel | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **puff up** | gerund | Camel *not said here* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 6 | **puff up** | gerund | Camel *not said here* | | | a great big lolloping humph | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into humph=Location | | 7 | **lollop** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/35/) - ↑ back to [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/3/)