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The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 11, sentence 4

Now and then he would see a thin fin, like a big shark’s fin, drifting along close to shore, and he knew that that was the Killer Whale, the Grampus, who eats young seals when he can get them; and Kotick would head for the beach like an arrow, and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.

Who acts: King, that, Grampus, fin · What happens: see, drift along, know, be, eat, get · To what, where: thin fin, Killer Whale, young seals, seals, arrow · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (King, that, Grampus, fin), 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

advmodccadvmodnsubjauxdetamodobjpunctcasedetamodnmod:posscaseparataxispunctconjadvmodxcompcaseoblpunctccnsubjparataxismarknsubjcopdetcompoundccomppunctdetappospunctnsubjacl:relclamodobjadvmodnsubjauxadvclobjpunctcccompoundauxoblcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctccdetnsubjauxacl:relclcompound:prtadvmodpunctmarkmarknsubjauxadvclcaseoblcasenmodpunctrootNowADVandCCONJthenADVhePRONwouldAUXseeVERBaDETthinADJfinNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPaDETbigADJsharkNOUN’sPARTfinNOUN,PUNCTdriftingVERBalongADVcloseADJtoADPshoreNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONknewVERBthatSCONJthatPRONwasAUXtheDETKillerPROPNWhaleNOUN,PUNCTtheDETGrampusPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONeatsVERByoungADJsealsNOUNwhenADVhePRONcanAUXgetVERBthemPRON;PUNCTandCCONJKotickPROPNwouldAUXheadNOUNforADPtheDETbeachNOUNlikeADPanDETarrowNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETfinNOUNwouldAUXjigVERBoffADPslowlyADV,PUNCTasSCONJifSCONJitPRONwereAUXlookingVERBforADPnothingPRONatADPallDET.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem6 seeadvmod
2andandCCONJ_6 seecc
3thenthenADVPronType=Dem6 seeadvmod
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 seensubj
5wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 seeaux
6seeseeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 findet
8thinthinADJDegree=Pos9 finamod
9finfinNOUNNumber=Sing6 seeobj
10,,PUNCT_16 finpunct
11likelikeADP_16 fincase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 sharkdet
13bigbigADJDegree=Pos14 sharkamod
14sharksharkNOUNNumber=Sing16 finnmod:poss
15’s'sPART_14 sharkcase
16finfinNOUNNumber=Sing6 seeparataxis
17,,PUNCT_18 driftingpunct
18driftingdriftVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 finconj
19alongalongADV_20 closeadvmod
20closecloseADJDegree=Pos18 driftingxcomp
21totoADP_22 shorecase
22shoreshoreNOUNNumber=Sing20 closeobl
23,,PUNCT_26 knewpunct
24andandCCONJ_26 knewcc
25hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 knewnsubj
26knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 seeparataxis
27thatthatSCONJ_32 Whalemark
28thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem32 Whalensubj
29wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 Whalecop
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Whaledet
31KillerKillerPROPNNumber=Sing32 Whalecompound
32WhalewhaleNOUNNumber=Sing26 knewccomp
33,,PUNCT_35 Grampuspunct
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Grampusdet
35GrampusGrampusPROPNNumber=Sing32 Whaleappos
36,,PUNCT_38 eatspunct
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel38 eatsnsubj
38eatseatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 Grampusacl:relcl
39youngyoungADJDegree=Pos40 sealsamod
40sealssealNOUNNumber=Plur38 eatsobj
41whenwhenADVPronType=Int44 getadvmod
42hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 getnsubj
43cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin44 getaux
44getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf38 eatsadvcl
45themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs44 getobj
46;;PUNCT_50 headpunct
47andandCCONJ_50 headcc
48KotickKotickPROPNNumber=Sing50 headcompound
49wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin50 headaux
50headheadNOUNNumber=Sing6 seeobl
51forforADP_53 beachcase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 beachdet
53beachbeachNOUNNumber=Sing50 headnmod
54likelikeADP_56 arrowcase
55anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 arrowdet
56arrowarrowNOUNNumber=Sing53 beachnmod
57,,PUNCT_62 jigpunct
58andandCCONJ_62 jigcc
59thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art60 findet
60finfinNOUNNumber=Sing62 jignsubj
61wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin62 jigaux
62jigjigVERBVerbForm=Inf56 arrowacl:relcl
63offoffADP_62 jigcompound:prt
64slowlyslowlyADV_62 jigadvmod
65,,PUNCT_70 lookingpunct
66asasSCONJ_70 lookingmark
67ififSCONJ_70 lookingmark
68ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs70 lookingnsubj
69werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin70 lookingaux
70lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part62 jigadvcl
71forforADP_72 nothingcase
72nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg70 lookingobl
73atatADP_74 allcase
74allallDETPronType=Tot72 nothingnmod
75..PUNCT_6 seepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seewouldKinga thin finnow; thenKotick head for the beach like a arrow oblvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fin=Stimulus
2drift alonggerundKing not said hereclose propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3knowpastKingvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4is apastthatthe Killer Whaletree rules
5eatpresentthe Grampusyoung sealsvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Patient
6getcanKingseals = sealvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
7jig offwouldthe fina arrow not said hereslowly propertyvn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme arrow=Destination
8lookpast · progressivefinfor nothingvn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nothing=Theme

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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