The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 19, sentence 158
“See here, you son of an imported Malaga jackass,” he said between his teeth, “I’d have you know that I’m related on my mother’s side to Carbine, winner of the Melbourne Cup, and where I come from we aren’t accustomed to being ridden over roughshod by any parrot-mouthed, pig-headed mule in a pop-gun pea-shooter battery.
Who acts: you, horse, mouthed headed mule · What happens: see, son, import, say, have, know · To what, where: side, we, roughshod · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, horse, mouthed headed mule), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 2 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 3 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 See | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 son | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 son | nsubj |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 See | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 jackass | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 jackass | det |
| 9 | imported | import | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 jackass | amod |
| 10 | Malaga | Malaga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 jackass | compound |
| 11 | jackass | jackass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 13 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 See | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | between | between | ADP | _ | 18 teeth | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 18 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 said | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 have | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 have | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 have | nsubj |
| 22 | ’d | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 have | aux |
| 23 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | conj |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 know | nsubj |
| 25 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 have | ccomp |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 ’m | mark |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 ’m | nsubj |
| 28 | ’m | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 know | ccomp |
| 29 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 ’m | xcomp |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 side | case |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 mother | nmod:poss |
| 32 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 side | nmod:poss |
| 33 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 32 mother | case |
| 34 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 ’m | obl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 Carbine | case |
| 36 | Carbine | Carbine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 side | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 winner | punct |
| 38 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Carbine | appos |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Cup | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Cup | det |
| 41 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Cup | compound |
| 42 | Cup | Cup | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 winner | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 come | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 come | cc |
| 45 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 47 come | advmod |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 come | nsubj |
| 47 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | conj |
| 48 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 52 accustomed | mark |
| 49 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 accustomed | nsubj |
| 50 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 accustomed | aux:pass |
| 51 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 52 accustomed | advmod |
| 52 | accustomed | accustom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 come | advcl |
| 53 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 55 ridden | mark |
| 54 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 55 ridden | aux:pass |
| 55 | ridden | ride | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 accustomed | xcomp |
| 56 | over | over | ADP | _ | 57 roughshod | case |
| 57 | roughshod | roughshod | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 ridden | obl |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 67 mule | case |
| 59 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 67 mule | det |
| 60 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 mouthed | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 parrot | punct |
| 62 | mouthed | mouth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 mule | amod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 mule | punct |
| 64 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 headed | compound |
| 65 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 64 pig | punct |
| 66 | headed | head | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 mule | amod |
| 67 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 ridden | obl |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 76 battery | case |
| 69 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 76 battery | det |
| 70 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 gun | compound |
| 71 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 70 pop | punct |
| 72 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 shooter | compound |
| 73 | pea | pea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 shooter | compound |
| 74 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 73 pea | punct |
| 75 | shooter | shooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 battery | compound |
| 76 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 mule | nmod |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | infinitive | here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | son in a quote | you | of a imported Malaga jackass | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | import in a quote | participle | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | horse | between horse's teeth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | would | horse | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | know in a quote | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | be in a quote | present | horse | my mother's side to Carbine | related property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | |||
| 8 | come in a quote | present | horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | not accustom in a quote | present · passive | we | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | ride in a quote | gerund · passive | any mouthed headed mule in a shooter battery | roughshod | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over roughshod=Trajectory | ||||
| 11 | mouth in a quote | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 12 | head in a quote | participle | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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