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