--- title: THIS is the mouth-filling song Of the race that was run by a Boomer,… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: THIS is the mouth-filling song Of the race that was run by a Boomer, Run in a single burst--only event of its kind-- Started by big God Nqong from Warrigaborrigarooma, Old Man Kangaroo first: Yellow-Dog Dingo behind. Who acts: THIS, Boomer. 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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 (THIS, Boomer), 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:pg2781:7:62 # text = THIS is the mouth-filling song Of the race that was run by a Boomer, Run in a single burst--only event of its kind-- Started by big God Nqong from Warrigaborrigarooma, Old Man Kangaroo first: Yellow-Dog Dingo behind. 1 THIS this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 filling fill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 Of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Boomer boomer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Run Run PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Nqong Nqong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl:agent _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Warrigaborrigarooma Warrigaborrigarooma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 40 Kangaroo Kangaroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 41 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Dingo Dingo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 47 behind behind ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | THIS | the filling song and Dog Dingo | | | | of the race | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | past · passive | a Boomer | the race | | a single burst and event of event's kind | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in burst=Trajectory | | 4 | **start** | participle | THIS *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/63/) - ↑ back to [The Sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/7/)