--- title: Then the Ethiopian put his five fingers close together (there was pl… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Ethiopian put his five fingers close together (there was plenty of black left on his new skin still) and pressed them all over the Leopard, and wherever the five fingers touched they left five little black marks, all close together. Who acts: Ethiopian, plenty, five fingers, spots. 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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 (Ethiopian, plenty, five fingers, spots), 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:pg2781:5:107 # text = Then the Ethiopian put his five fingers close together (there was plenty of black left on his new skin still) and pressed them all over the Leopard, and wherever the five fingers touched they left five little black marks, all close together. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Ethiopian Ethiopian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | the Ethiopian | Ethiopian's five fingers | | | then | close, together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent finger=Goal | | 2 | **be** | past | plenty of black | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | plenty of black *not said here* | | Ethiopian's new skin | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on skin=Location | | 4 | **press** | past | the Ethiopian *not said here* | spots *= spot* | | | | over the Leopard | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **touch** | past | the five fingers | | | | | wherever *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past | spots *= spot* | five little black marks | | | | close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/108/) - ↑ back to [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/)