--- title: Then he wanted to scratch, but that made it worse; and then he lay d… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he wanted to scratch, but that made it worse; and then he lay down on the sands and rolled and rolled and rolled, and every time he rolled the cake crumbs tickled him worse and worse and worse. Who acts: Rhinoceros, that, cake crumbs. 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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 (Rhinoceros, that, cake crumbs), 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:pg2781:4:27 # text = Then he wanted to scratch, but that made it worse; and then he lay down on the sands and rolled and rolled and rolled, and every time he rolled the cake crumbs tickled him worse and worse and worse. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sands sand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 tickled tickle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Rhinoceros | | | | then | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **scratch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rhinoceros *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | that | water | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **lie down** | past | Rhinoceros | | | the sands | then | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sand=Location | | 5 | **roll** | participle | Rhinoceros *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **roll** | participle | Rhinoceros *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **roll** | participle | Rhinoceros *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **roll** | past | Rhinoceros | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **tickle** | past | the cake crumbs | Rhinoceros | | | | bad *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/4/28/) - ↑ back to [How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/4/)