--- title: He went especially out of his way to find a broad Hippopotamus (she… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: He went especially out of his way to find a broad Hippopotamus (she was no relation of his), and he spanked her very hard, to make sure that the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake had spoken the truth about his new trunk. Who acts: Child, Africa. A sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The El --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/85/) [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/) / 85 # Just so stories, The Elephant’s Child, sentence 85 He went especially out of his way to find a broad Hippopotamus (she was no relation of his), and he spanked her very hard, to make sure that the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake had spoken the truth about his new trunk. **Who acts:** Child, Africa · **What happens:** go, find, be, spank, make, speak · **To what, where:** way, broad Hippopotamus, relation, Africa, Coloured Python Rock Snake · **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 (Child, Africa), 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:pg2781:6:85 # text = He went especially out of his way to find a broad Hippopotamus (she was no relation of his), and he spanked her very hard, to make sure that the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake had spoken the truth about his new trunk. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 especially especially ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spanked spank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 34 Bi bi ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Child | | | Child's way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out way=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Child *not said here* | a broad Hippopotamus | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hippopotamus=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | Africa | Child's relation | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **spank** | past | Child | Africa | | | | hard *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Child *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the Coloured Python Rock Snake | | | | | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/86/) - ↑ back to [The Elephant’s Child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/6/)