--- title: They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows of the forest, while the Leopard and the Ethiopian ran about over the ‘sclusively greyish-yellowish-reddish High Veldt outside, wondering where all their breakfasts and their dinners and their teas had gone. 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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 (Giraffe, Leopard, breakfasts), 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:pg2781:5:10 # text = They had a beautiful time in the ‘sclusively speckly-spickly shadows of the forest, while the Leopard and the Ethiopian ran about over the ‘sclusively greyish-yellowish-reddish High Veldt outside, wondering where all their breakfasts and their dinners and their teas had gone. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 sclusively sclusively ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 speckly speckly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 spickly spickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Ethiopian Ethiopian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 sclusively sclusively ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 greyish greyish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 yellowish yellowish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 reddish reddish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Veldt Veldt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 37 outside outside ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 advcl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 breakfasts breakfast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 dinners dinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 teas tea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Giraffe | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run about** | past | the Leopard and the Ethiopian | | | the greyish reddish High Veldt | | about, outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over veldt=Trajectory | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | the Leopard and the Ethiopian *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | Giraffe's breakfasts and Giraffe's dinners and Giraffe's teas | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shadow** | | | the forest | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/11/) - ↑ back to [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/)