--- title: The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Harte… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were ‘sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over; but the Leopard, he was the ‘sclusivest sandiest-yellowish-brownest of them all--a greyish-yellowish catty-shaped kind of beast, and he matched the ‘sclusi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Just so stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/) / [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/) / 3 # Just so stories, How the Leopard Got His Spots, sentence 3 The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were ‘sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over; but the Leopard, he was the ‘sclusivest sandiest-yellowish-brownest of them all--a greyish-yellowish catty-shaped kind of beast, and he matched the ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish colour of the High Veldt to one hair. **Who acts:** Giraffe, Zebra, Leopard · **What happens:** live, be, shape, match · **To what, where:** sclusivest, yellowish brownish colour This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, How the Leopard Got His Spots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Giraffe, Zebra, Leopard), 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:pg2781:5:3 # text = The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were ‘sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over; but the Leopard, he was the ‘sclusivest sandiest-yellowish-brownest of them all--a greyish-yellowish catty-shaped kind of beast, and he matched the ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish colour of the High Veldt to one hair. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Eland Eland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Koodoo Koodoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Hartebeest Hartebeest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 sclusively sclusively ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 23 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 brownish brownish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 over over ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Leopard Leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 sclusivest sclusivest NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 40 sandiest sandy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 yellowish yellowish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 brownest brown ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 50 greyish greyish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 yellowish yellowish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 53 catty catty NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 matched match VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 64 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 sclusively sclusively ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 yellowish yellowish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 greyish greyish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 brownish brownish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 Veldt Veldt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 78 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Giraffe | | | | | brownish, over, sclusively *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | Zebra | the sclusivest | | | | sandiest *nmod* | tree rules | | 4 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **match** | past | the Leopard | the yellowish brownish colour of the High Veldt | | | | to one hair | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent colour=Patient to hair=Co-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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/4/) - ↑ back to [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/)