The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 14, sentence 90

Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.

Who acts: dog, eyes, tikki · What happens: batter, fro, shake, be, hold on, whip · To what, where: tikki, rat, floor, body, tin dipper, tin side

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, eyes, tikki), 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 battered	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 battered	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 battered	aux:pass
4	battered	batter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 battered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fro	cc
7	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 battered	conj
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 shaken	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rat	det
10	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shaken	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 shaken	aux:pass
12	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fro	advcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 dog	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shaken	obl
16	--	--	PUNCT	_	19 fro	punct
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 fro	case
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fro	cc
19	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fro	conj
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 floor	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 floor	det
22	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fro	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 up	punct
24	up	up	ADV	_	19 fro	advcl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 down	cc
26	down	down	ADV	_	24 up	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 around	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 around	cc
29	around	around	ADV	_	4 battered	advmod
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 circles	case
31	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 circles	amod
32	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 around	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 red	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 red	cc
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 eyes	nmod:poss
36	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 red	nsubj
37	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 red	cop
38	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 battered	parataxis
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 held	cc
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 held	nsubj
41	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 red	conj
42	on	on	ADP	_	41 held	compound:prt
43	as	as	SCONJ	_	48 whipped	mark
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 body	det
45	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 whipped	nsubj:pass
46	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 whipped	compound
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 cart	punct
48	whipped	whip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 held	advcl
49	over	over	ADP	_	51 floor	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 floor	det
51	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 whipped	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 upsetting	punct
53	upsetting	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 whipped	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 dipper	det
55	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 dipper	compound
56	dipper	dipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 upsetting	obj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 dish	cc
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 dish	det
59	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 dish	compound
60	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 dipper	conj
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 brush	cc
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 brush	det
63	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 brush	compound
64	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 dipper	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 banged	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 banged	cc
67	banged	bang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 upsetting	advcl
68	against	against	ADP	_	71 side	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 side	det
70	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 side	compound
71	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 banged	obl
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 bath	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 bath	det
74	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 side	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 battered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	batter	past · passive		tikki		then	around property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument
2	fro	infinitive						tree rules
3	shake	present · passive	a dog	a rat				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
4	fro	infinitive			the floor			tree rules
5	is	past	tikki's eyes				red property	tree rules
6	hold on	past	tikki					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	whip	participle · passive		the body	the floor			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient over floor=Location
8	upset	gerund		the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dipper=Experiencer
9	bang	participle			the tin side of the bath			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against side=Location

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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