The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 17, sentence 40

The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to side and plowed out his pathway.

Who acts: undergrowth, saplings, great trails, skin · What happens: rip, tear, heave away, leave, spring back, bang · To what, where: saplings, skin, flank, creepers, tusks, head

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (undergrowth, saplings, great trails, skin), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 undergrowth	det
2	undergrowth	undergrowth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ripped	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	5 side	det
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undergrowth	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 side	nmod
8	ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 noise	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 noise	det
11	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ripped	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 canvas	case
13	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 canvas	amod
14	canvas	canvas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ripped	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 sprang	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 sprang	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 saplings	det
18	saplings	sapling	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 sprang	nsubj
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 heaved	obj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 heaved	nsubj
21	heaved	heave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 saplings	acl:relcl
22	away	away	ADV	_	21 heaved	advmod
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 heaved	xcomp
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 left	cc
25	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 right	conj
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 shoulders	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 shoulders	nmod:poss
28	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 left	obl
29	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ripped	parataxis
30	back	back	ADV	_	29 sprang	advmod
31	again	again	ADV	_	29 sprang	advmod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 banged	cc
33	banged	bang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 sprang	conj
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 banged	obj
35	on	on	ADP	_	37 flank	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 flank	det
37	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 banged	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 hung	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 hung	cc
40	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 trails	amod
41	trails	trail	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 hung	nsubj
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 creepers	case
43	creepers	creeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 trails	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 matted	punct
45	all	all	ADV	_	46 matted	advmod
46	matted	mat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 creepers	acl
47	together	together	ADV	_	46 matted	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 trails	punct
49	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ripped	parataxis
50	from	from	ADP	_	52 tusks	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 tusks	nmod:poss
52	tusks	tusk	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 hung	obl
53	as	as	SCONJ	_	55 threw	mark
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 threw	nsubj
55	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 hung	advcl
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 head	nmod:poss
57	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 threw	obj
58	from	from	ADP	_	59 side	case
59	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 threw	obl
60	to	to	ADP	_	61 side	case
61	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 threw	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 plowed	cc
63	plowed	plow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 threw	conj
64	out	out	ADP	_	63 plowed	compound:prt
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 pathway	nmod:poss
66	pathway	pathway	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 plowed	obj
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 ripped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip	past	the undergrowth on either side of skin				with a noise; like torn canvas	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with noise=Instrument
2	tear	participle						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	heave away	past	undergrowth	the saplings			away, right property	vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
4	leave	participle	undergrowth not said here				with skin's shoulders	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with shoulder=Theme
5	spring back	past	the saplings			again		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	bang	past	the saplings not said here	skin	the flank			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme on flank=Trajectory
7	mat	participle		creepers not said here			all, together property	tree rules
8	hang	past	great trails of creepers		skin's tusks			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	throw	past	skin	skin's head	side		to side	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme from side=Initial_Location to side=Destination
10	plow out	participle	skin not said here	skin's pathway				vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent pathway=Initial_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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