The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 15, sentence 141

He knew what he was talking of; for he had been born under Kala Nag’s shadow, had played with the end of his trunk before he could walk, had taken him down to water as soon as he could walk, and Kala Nag would no more have dreamed of disobeying his shrill little orders than he would have dreamed of killing him on that day when Big Toomai carried the little brown baby under Kala Nag’s tusks, and told him to salute his master that was to be.

Who acts: grandson, Big, Kala · What happens: know, talk, bear, play, walk, take down · To what, where: grandson, shadow, Kala, shrill little orders, brown baby, master · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grandson, Big, Kala), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 talking	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talking	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 talking	aux
6	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 knew	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 talking	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 born	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 born	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 born	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 born	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 born	aux:pass
13	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knew	conj
14	under	under	ADP	_	18 shadow	case
15	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 shadow	nmod:poss
16	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Kala	flat
17	’s	's	PART	_	15 Kala	case
18	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 born	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 played	punct
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 played	aux
21	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 knew	conj
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 end	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 end	det
24	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 played	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 trunk	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 trunk	nmod:poss
27	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 end	nmod
28	before	before	SCONJ	_	31 walk	mark
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 walk	nsubj
30	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 walk	aux
31	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 played	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 taken	punct
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 taken	aux
34	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 knew	conj
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 taken	obj
36	down	down	ADP	_	34 taken	compound:prt
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 water	case
38	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 taken	obl
39	as	as	ADV	_	40 soon	advmod
40	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	34 taken	advmod
41	as	as	SCONJ	_	44 walk	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 walk	nsubj
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 walk	aux
44	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 soon	advcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 dreamed	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 dreamed	cc
47	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 dreamed	nsubj:pass
48	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Kala	flat
49	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 dreamed	aux
50	no	no	ADV	_	51 more	advmod
51	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	53 dreamed	nsubj:pass
52	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 dreamed	aux
53	dreamed	dream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knew	conj
54	of	of	SCONJ	_	55 disobeying	mark
55	disobeying	disobey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 dreamed	advcl
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 orders	nmod:poss
57	shrill	shrill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 orders	amod
58	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 orders	amod
59	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 disobeying	obj
60	than	than	SCONJ	_	64 dreamed	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 dreamed	nsubj
62	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 dreamed	aux
63	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 dreamed	aux
64	dreamed	dream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	55 disobeying	advcl
65	of	of	SCONJ	_	66 killing	mark
66	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	64 dreamed	advcl
67	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 killing	obj
68	on	on	ADP	_	70 day	case
69	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	70 day	det
70	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 killing	obl
71	when	when	SCONJ	_	74 carried	mark
72	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 carried	nsubj
73	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 Big	flat
74	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 dreamed	advcl
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 baby	det
76	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 brown	amod
77	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 baby	amod
78	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 carried	obj
79	under	under	ADP	_	80 Kala	case
80	Kala	Kala	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 tusks	compound
81	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 Kala	flat
82	’s	's	PART	_	80 Kala	case
83	tusks	tusk	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 carried	obj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 told	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 told	cc
86	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	parataxis
87	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 told	iobj
88	to	to	PART	_	89 salute	mark
89	salute	salute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	86 told	xcomp
90	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	91 master	nmod:poss
91	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 salute	obj
92	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	95 be	nsubj
93	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 be	cop
94	to	to	PART	_	95 be	mark
95	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	91 master	acl:relcl
96	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	grandson						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	talk	past · progressive	grandson						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bear	past · perfect · passive		grandson		Kala's shadow			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	play	past · perfect	grandson not said here				with the end of grandson's trunk		vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with end=Theme
5	walk	could	grandson						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	take down	past · perfect	grandson not said here	grandson				to water; soon property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	walk	could	grandson						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	dream	would · perfect · passive		Kala					vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
9	disobey	gerund		grandson's shrill little orders					tree rules
10	dream	would · perfect	grandson						vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
11	kill	gerund	grandson not said here	grandson			day		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
12	carry	past	Big	the brown baby					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme baby=Beneficiary tusk=Value
13	tell speech: assert	past			grandson				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
14	salute not said to happen	to-infinitive		grandson's master					vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic
15	shadow		Kala						nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent
16	order		grandson						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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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