--- title: They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up; and Zebra moved away to s… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up; and Zebra moved away to some little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy, and Giraffe moved off to some tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy. Who acts: miles, Zebra, sunlight, Giraffe. 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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 (miles, Zebra, sunlight, 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:pg2781:5:64 # text = They let the Zebra and the Giraffe get up; and Zebra moved away to some little thorn-bushes where the sunlight fell all stripy, and Giraffe moved off to some tallish trees where the shadows fell all blotchy. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Zebra Zebra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 stripy stripy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Giraffe Giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 34 tallish tallish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 blotchy blotchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | miles *= mile* | the Zebra and the Giraffe | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | infinitive | the Zebra and the Giraffe *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **move away** | past | Zebra | | | some little thorn bushes | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to bush=Trajectory | | 4 | **fall** | past | the sunlight | | | | | stripy *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **move off** | past | Giraffe | | | some tallish trees | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to tree=Trajectory | | 6 | **fall** | past | the shadows | | | | | blotchy *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/65/) - ↑ back to [How the Leopard Got His Spots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/5/)