--- title: Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank a… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, ‘My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster’ (and by this he meant the Crocodile) ‘will jerk you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/46/) [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/) / [The Elephant’s Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/) / 46 # Just so stories, The Elephant’s Child, sentence 46 Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, ‘My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster’ (and by this he meant the Crocodile) ‘will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.’ **Who acts:** you, friend, opinion, Crocodile ‘, your · **What happens:** scuffle down, say, pull, be, mean, jerk · **To what, where:** Bi Coloured Python Rock Snake, bank, opinion, you, limpid stream, Jack · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant’s Child. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, friend, opinion, Crocodile ‘), 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:pg2781:6:46 # text = Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, ‘My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster’ (and by this he meant the Crocodile) ‘will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 3 Bi bi ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 12 scuffled scuffle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 27 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 52 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 55 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 ulster ulster NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 58 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 obl _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Crocodile Crocodile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 65 punct _ _ 67 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 jerk jerk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 into into ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 limpid limpid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 before before SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 77 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 advcl _ _ 79 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 obj _ _ 80 Robinson Robinson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scuffle down** | participle | | the Bi Coloured Python Rock Snake *not said here* | | the bank | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pull** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | | | now | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | friend | my opinion | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | past | my opinion | | | | | by this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **jerk** | future | Crocodile ‘ | you | | limpid stream | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | Jack | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jack=Topic | | 8 | **acquaint** | | your | | | the pattern leather ulster | | | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/47/) - ↑ back to [The Elephant’s Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/)