The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 12, sentence 72

There were long stretches of smooth-worn rock running for miles, exactly fitted to make seal-nurseries, and there were play-grounds of hard sand sloping inland behind them, and there were rollers for seals to dance in, and long grass to roll in, and sand dunes to climb up and down, and, best of all, Kotick knew by the feel of the water, which never deceives a true sea catch, that no men had ever come there.

Who acts: long stretches, smooth worn rock, play grounds, rollers, sand dunes, Kotick · What happens: be, run, fit, make, slope, dance · To what, where: miles, seal nurseries, play grounds, true sea catch

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (long stretches, smooth worn rock, play grounds, rollers), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stretches	amod
4	stretches	stretch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 rock	case
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rock	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 smooth	punct
8	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rock	amod
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stretches	nmod
10	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 rock	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 miles	case
12	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 running	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fitted	punct
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	15 fitted	advmod
15	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 miles	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 make	mark
17	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 fitted	advcl
18	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 nurseries	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 seal	punct
20	nurseries	nursery	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 make	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 grounds	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 grounds	cc
23	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	24 were	expl
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 grounds	cop
25	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 grounds	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 play	punct
27	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 were	nsubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 sand	case
29	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 sand	amod
30	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 grounds	nmod
31	sloping	slope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 grounds	acl
32	inland	inland	ADV	_	31 sloping	advmod
33	behind	behind	ADP	_	34 them	case
34	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 sloping	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 were	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 were	cc
37	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	38 were	expl
38	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 were	conj
39	rollers	roller	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 were	nsubj
40	for	for	ADP	_	41 seals	case
41	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 rollers	nmod
42	to	to	PART	_	43 dance	mark
43	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 seals	acl
44	in	in	ADV	_	43 dance	advmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 grass	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 grass	cc
47	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 grass	amod
48	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 were	parataxis
49	to	to	PART	_	50 roll	mark
50	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 grass	acl
51	in	in	ADV	_	50 roll	advmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 climb	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 climb	cc
54	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 dunes	compound
55	dunes	dune	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 climb	nsubj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 climb	mark
57	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 were	parataxis
58	up	up	ADV	_	57 climb	advmod
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 down	cc
60	down	down	ADV	_	58 up	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 best	punct
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 best	cc
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 best	punct
64	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	57 climb	parataxis
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 all	case
66	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	64 best	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 knew	punct
68	Kotick	Kotick	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 knew	nsubj
69	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 climb	parataxis
70	by	by	ADP	_	72 feel	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 feel	det
72	feel	feel	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 knew	obl
73	of	of	ADP	_	75 water	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 water	det
75	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 feel	nmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 deceives	punct
77	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 deceives	nsubj
78	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	79 deceives	advmod
79	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 water	acl:relcl
80	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 catch	det
81	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 catch	amod
82	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 catch	compound
83	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 deceives	obj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 come	punct
85	that	that	SCONJ	_	90 come	mark
86	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	87 men	det
87	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 come	nsubj
88	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	90 come	aux
89	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	90 come	advmod
90	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 deceives	advcl
91	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	90 come	advmod
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 were	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	long stretches of smooth worn rock		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	gerund	smooth worn rock not said here				for miles	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for mile=Beneficiary
3	fit	participle		miles not said here			exactly property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	make	to-infinitive		seal nurseries				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nursery=Product
5	is a	past		play grounds			of hard sand	tree rules
6	slope	gerund	play grounds not said here				behind grounds; inland property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind they=Location
7	be	past	rollers for seals		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	dance	to-infinitive	rollers for seals not said here					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	roll in	to-infinitive	long stretches of smooth worn rock not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	climb up	to-infinitive	sand dunes					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	know	past	Kotick				by the feel of the water	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
12	not deceive	present	the water	a true sea catch				vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catch=Patient
13	come	past · perfect	no men		there	ever		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	feel		the water					nom feel «cognition intransitive»: of=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: «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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