The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 11, sentence 3

Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions, ducking under the rollers; or coming in on top of a comber and landing with a swash and a splutter as the big wave went whirling far up the beach; or standing up on his tail and scratching his head as the old people did; or playing “I’m the King of the Castle” on slippery, weedy rocks that just stuck out of the wash.

Who acts: you, he, big wave, old people, I · What happens: imagine, have, duck, come in, land, go · To what, where: rollers, top, beach, tail, head, King

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, he, big wave, old people), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 imagine	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 imagine	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 imagine	aux
4	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 times	det
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 imagine	obl:unmarked
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 had	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imagine	ccomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 companions	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 companions	nmod:poss
12	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 had	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ducking	punct
14	ducking	duck	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 had	advcl
15	under	under	ADP	_	17 rollers	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rollers	det
17	rollers	roller	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ducking	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 coming	punct
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 coming	cc
20	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 imagine	parataxis
21	in	in	ADV	_	20 coming	advmod
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 top	case
23	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coming	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 comber	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 comber	det
26	comber	comber	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 top	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 landing	cc
28	landing	land	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 coming	conj
29	with	with	ADP	_	31 swash	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 swash	det
31	swash	swash	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 landing	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 splutter	cc
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 splutter	det
34	splutter	splutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 swash	conj
35	as	as	SCONJ	_	39 went	mark
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 wave	det
37	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 wave	amod
38	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 went	nsubj
39	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 landing	advcl
40	whirling	whirl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	39 went	xcomp
41	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	40 whirling	advmod
42	up	up	ADP	_	44 beach	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 beach	det
44	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 whirling	obl
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 standing	punct
46	or	or	CCONJ	_	47 standing	cc
47	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 imagine	parataxis
48	up	up	ADP	_	47 standing	compound:prt
49	on	on	ADP	_	51 tail	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 tail	nmod:poss
51	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 standing	obl
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 scratching	cc
53	scratching	scratch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 standing	conj
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 head	nmod:poss
55	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 scratching	obj
56	as	as	SCONJ	_	60 did	mark
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 people	det
58	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 people	amod
59	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 did	nsubj
60	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 scratching	advcl
61	;	;	PUNCT	_	63 playing	punct
62	or	or	CCONJ	_	63 playing	cc
63	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 imagine	parataxis
64	“	"	PUNCT	_	63 playing	punct
65	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 ’m	nsubj
66	’m	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 “	acl:relcl
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 King	det
68	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 ’m	obj
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 Castle	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 Castle	det
71	Castle	Castle	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 King	nmod
72	”	"	PUNCT	_	68 King	punct
73	on	on	ADP	_	77 rocks	case
74	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 rocks	amod
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 slippery	punct
76	weedy	weedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 rocks	amod
77	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 ’m	obl
78	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 stuck	obj
79	just	just	ADV	_	80 stuck	advmod
80	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 rocks	acl:relcl
81	out	out	ADP	_	84 wash	case
82	of	of	ADP	_	84 wash	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 wash	det
84	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 stuck	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 imagine	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	can	you			then; time		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have	past	he				with his companions	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	duck	gerund	he not said here		the rollers			vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	come in	gerund			top of a comber			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location
5	land	gerund					with a swash and a splutter	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	go	past	the big wave					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	whirl	gerund	the big wave not said here		the beach		far property	vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up beach=Destination
8	stand up	gerund			his tail			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tail=Location
9	scratch	gerund		his head				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
10	do	past	the old people					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	play	gerund						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	be in a quote	present	I	the King of the Castle	slippery weedy rocks			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot king=Theme
13	stick out	past		slippery weedy rocks	the wash			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent that=Theme wash=Destination

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: «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 236 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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