The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 18, sentence 37
And at last, when the flames died down, and the red light of the logs made the elephants look as though they had been dipped in blood too, Machua Appa, the head of all the drivers of all the Keddahs--Machua Appa, Petersen Sahib’s other self, who had never seen a made road in forty years: Machua Appa, who was so great that he had no other name than Machua Appa,--leaped to his feet, with Little Toomai held high in the air above his head, and shouted: “Listen, my brothers.
Who acts: flames, red light, elephants, other self, Machua, light · What happens: die down, make, look, dip, not see, be · To what, where: last, elephants, blood, made road, other name, Machua · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flames, red light, elephants, other self), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 died | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 died | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 last | punct |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 died | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flames | det |
| 7 | flames | flame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 died | nsubj |
| 8 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 died | compound:prt |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 made | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 light | det |
| 13 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 light | amod |
| 14 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | nsubj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 logs | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 logs | det |
| 17 | logs | log | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 light | nmod |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 died | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 elephants | det |
| 20 | elephants | elephant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 look | nsubj |
| 21 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 made | ccomp |
| 22 | as | as | ADV | _ | 21 look | advmod |
| 23 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 27 dipped | mark |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 dipped | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 dipped | aux |
| 26 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 dipped | aux:pass |
| 27 | dipped | dip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 look | advcl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 blood | case |
| 29 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 dipped | obl |
| 30 | too | too | ADV | _ | 27 dipped | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 dipped | punct |
| 32 | Machua | Machua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Sahib | compound |
| 33 | Appa | Appa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Machua | flat |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 head | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 head | det |
| 36 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Machua | appos |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 drivers | case |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 drivers | det:predet |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 drivers | det |
| 40 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 head | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Keddahs | case |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 Keddahs | det:predet |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Keddahs | det |
| 44 | Keddahs | keddah | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 drivers | nmod |
| 45 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 46 Machua | punct |
| 46 | Machua | Machua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Machua | conj |
| 47 | Appa | Appa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Machua | flat |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Petersen | punct |
| 49 | Petersen | Petersen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Sahib | compound |
| 50 | Sahib | Sahib | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 self | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 50 Sahib | case |
| 52 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 self | amod |
| 53 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 dipped | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 seen | punct |
| 55 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 seen | nsubj |
| 56 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 seen | aux |
| 57 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 58 seen | advmod |
| 58 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 self | acl:relcl |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 road | det |
| 60 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 road | amod |
| 61 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 seen | obj |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 years | case |
| 63 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 64 years | nummod |
| 64 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 seen | obl |
| 65 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 66 Machua | punct |
| 66 | Machua | Machua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 years | appos |
| 67 | Appa | Appa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Machua | flat |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 great | punct |
| 69 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 great | nsubj |
| 70 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 great | cop |
| 71 | so | so | ADV | _ | 72 great | advmod |
| 72 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 Machua | parataxis |
| 73 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 75 had | mark |
| 74 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 75 had | nsubj |
| 75 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 great | advcl |
| 76 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 78 name | det |
| 77 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 name | amod |
| 78 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 had | obj |
| 79 | than | than | ADP | _ | 80 Machua | case |
| 80 | Machua | Machua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 78 name | nmod |
| 81 | Appa | Appa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 Machua | flat |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 leaped | punct |
| 83 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 84 leaped | punct |
| 84 | leaped | leap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 Machua | acl:relcl |
| 85 | to | to | ADP | _ | 87 feet | case |
| 86 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 87 feet | nmod:poss |
| 87 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 84 leaped | obl |
| 88 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 held | punct |
| 89 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 92 held | mark |
| 90 | Little | Little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 91 Toomai | amod |
| 91 | Toomai | Toomai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 92 held | nsubj |
| 92 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 Machua | parataxis |
| 93 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 held | xcomp |
| 94 | in | in | ADP | _ | 96 air | case |
| 95 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 96 air | det |
| 96 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 93 high | obl |
| 97 | above | above | ADP | _ | 99 head | case |
| 98 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 99 head | nmod:poss |
| 99 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 air | nmod |
| 100 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 102 shouted | punct |
| 101 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 102 shouted | cc |
| 102 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 92 held | conj |
| 103 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 105 Listen | punct |
| 104 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 105 Listen | punct |
| 105 | Listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 102 shouted | ccomp |
| 106 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 108 brothers | punct |
| 107 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 108 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 108 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 105 Listen | obl |
| 109 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 died | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die down | past | the flames | last | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | make | past | the red light of the logs | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | look | present | the elephants | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | dip | past · perfect · passive | elephants = elephant | blood | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme self=Destination | ||||
| 5 | not see | past · perfect | Machua Petersen Sahib's other self | a made road | year | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | make | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 7 | is | past | Machua | great property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | have | past | light | no other name | than Machua | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | |||
| 9 | leap | participle | Machua not said here | light's feet | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | ||||
| 10 | hold | past | Little Toomai | high property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | shout speech: express | past | Little Toomai not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 12 | listen in a quote | infinitive | my brothers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 13 | light | the logs | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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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