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title: And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusivel… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics
description: And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusively greyish-brownish-yellowish man he was then), who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two used to hunt together--the Ethiopian with his bows and arrows, and the Leopard ‘sclusively with his teeth and claws--till the G
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# Just so stories, How the Leopard Got His Spots, sentence 6

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And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusively greyish-brownish-yellowish man he was then), who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two used to hunt together--the Ethiopian with his bows and arrows, and the Leopard ‘sclusively with his teeth and claws--till the Giraffe and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Quagga and all the rest of them didn’t know which way to jump, Best Beloved.

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**Who acts:** Zebra, greyish yellowish man, two, Leopard · **What happens:** be, live, use, hunt, not know, jump · **To what, where:** greyish yellowish man, High Veldt, Ethiopian, way, Best Beloved

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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 (Zebra, greyish yellowish man, two, Leopard), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2781:5:6
# text = And, also, there was an Ethiopian with bows and arrows (a ‘sclusively greyish-brownish-yellowish man he was then), who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two used to hunt together--the Ethiopian with his bows and arrows, and the Leopard ‘sclusively with his teeth and claws--till the Giraffe and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Quagga and all the rest of them didn’t know which way to jump, Best Beloved.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Ethiopian	ethiopian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
15	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	sclusively	sclusively	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	greyish	greyish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	brownish	brownish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	yellowish	yellowish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	Veldt	Veldt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nsubj	_	_
41	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	together	together	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Ethiopian	Ethiopian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	85	nsubj	_	_
57	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	sclusively	sclusively	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
59	with	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nmod	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	till	till	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Giraffe	Giraffe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	Eland	Eland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	Koodoo	Koodoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
74	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	Quagga	quagga	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
77	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
78	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	80	det:predet	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	80	nmod	_	_
83	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	85	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	n’t	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	85	advmod	_	_
85	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	_
86	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	87	det	_	_
87	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obj	_	_
88	to	to	PART	TO	_	89	mark	_	_
89	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	87	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
91	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	92	amod	_	_
92	Beloved	Beloved	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	89	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with bows and arrows; ethiopian *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Zebra | a greyish yellowish man *not said here* |  |  |  | then *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | past | a greyish yellowish man |  |  | the High Veldt with the Leopard |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on veldt=Location |
| 4 | **use** | past | the two |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | the two *not said here* | the Ethiopian |  |  |  | with Zebra's bows and arrows; together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the Leopard with Zebra's teeth and claws | which way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
| 7 | **jump** | to-infinitive | the Leopard with Zebra's teeth and claws *not said here* | Best Beloved |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beloved=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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