--- title: This was very bad for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of them… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: This was very bad for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of them; for he would lie down by a ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish stone or clump of grass, and when the Giraffe or the Zebra or the Eland or the Koodoo or the Bush-Buck or the Bonte-Buck came by he would surprise them out of their --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/4/) [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/) / 4 # Just so stories, How the Leopard Got His Spots, sentence 4 This was very bad for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of them; for he would lie down by a ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish stone or clump of grass, and when the Giraffe or the Zebra or the Eland or the Koodoo or the Bush-Buck or the Bonte-Buck came by he would surprise them out of their jumpsome lives. **Who acts:** This, Zebra, Giraffe · **What happens:** be, lie down, come, surprise · **To what, where:** Giraffe, jumpsome lives 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 (This, Zebra, Giraffe), 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:pg2781:5:4 # text = This was very bad for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of them; for he would lie down by a ‘sclusively yellowish-greyish-brownish stone or clump of grass, and when the Giraffe or the Zebra or the Eland or the Koodoo or the Bush-Buck or the Bonte-Buck came by he would surprise them out of their jumpsome lives. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 sclusively sclusively ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 yellowish yellowish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 greyish greyish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 brownish brownish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 clump clump NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Eland Eland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Koodoo Koodoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 Bush Bush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Buck Buck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 57 Bonte Bonte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Buck Buck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 60 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 61 by by SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 surprise surprise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 out out ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 69 jumpsome jumpsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | This | | | | | for the Giraffe and the Zebra and the rest of Giraffe; bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie down** | would | Zebra | | | | | by a yellowish brownish stone or clump of grass | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stone=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | the Giraffe or the Zebra or the Eland or the Koodoo or the Bush Buck or the Bonte Buck | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **surprise** | would | Zebra | Giraffe | | Giraffe's jumpsome lives | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/5/) - ↑ back to [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/)