--- title: Then said Kangaroo--Tired Old Kangaroo--He’s chased me out of the ho… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Kangaroo--Tired Old Kangaroo--He’s chased me out of the homes of my childhood; he’s chased me out of my regular meal-times; he’s altered my shape so I’ll never get it back; and he’s played Old Scratch with my legs.’ Who acts: Kangaroo, I. 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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, I), 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:pg2781:7:46 # text = Then said Kangaroo--Tired Old Kangaroo--He’s chased me out of the homes of my childhood; he’s chased me out of my regular meal-times; he’s altered my shape so I’ll never get it back; and he’s played Old Scratch with my legs.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ll 'll AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 49 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 50 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Scratch Scratch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kangaroo and Tired Old Kangaroo | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **chase** | past | | me | | the homes of my childhood | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme out home=Trajectory | | 3 | **chase** | past | | me | | | time | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **alter** | present · passive | | Kangaroo | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **get back** | present | I | shape | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **play** | past | Kangaroo | Old Scratch | | | | with my legs | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent scratch=Theme with leg=Co-Agent | 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/pg2781/7/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/47/) - ↑ back to [The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/)