--- title: He ran through the desert; he ran through the mountains; he ran thro… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: He ran through the desert; he ran through the mountains; he ran through the salt-pans; he ran through the reed-beds; he ran through the blue gums; he ran through the spinifex; he ran till his front legs ached. Who acts: Beloved, front legs. 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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 (Beloved, front legs), 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:pg2781:7:21 # text = He ran through the desert; he ran through the mountains; he ran through the salt-pans; he ran through the reed-beds; he ran through the blue gums; he ran through the spinifex; he ran till his front legs ached. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 reed reed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 gums gum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spinifex spinifex NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the desert | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through desert=Trajectory | | 2 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the mountains | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mountain=Trajectory | | 3 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the salt pans | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through pan=Trajectory | | 4 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the reed beds | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through bed=Trajectory | | 5 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the blue gums | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gum=Trajectory | | 6 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | the spinifex | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through spinifex=Trajectory | | 7 | **run** | past | Beloved | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ache** | past | Beloved's front legs | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/22/) - ↑ back to [The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/)