The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 2, sentence 18
“O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.
Who acts: Bagheera, Akela, Law, doubt · What happens: purr, have, say, be, kill, not be · To what, where: right, assembly, killing matter, regard, life, price · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bagheera, Akela, Law, doubt), 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 | _ | 13 purred | punct |
| 2 | O | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 3 Akela | case |
| 3 | Akela | Akela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 purred | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 People | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 People | cc |
| 6 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 People | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 People | det |
| 8 | Free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 People | amod |
| 9 | People | People | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Akela | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 People | punct |
| 11 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Akela | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 purred | nsubj |
| 13 | purred | purr | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 have | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 purred | ccomp |
| 18 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 19 right | det |
| 19 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 assembly | case |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 assembly | nmod:poss |
| 22 | assembly | assembly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 right | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 says | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 says | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Law | det |
| 26 | Law | Law | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 says | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Jungle | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Jungle | det |
| 29 | Jungle | Jungle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Law | nmod |
| 30 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 have | conj |
| 31 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 is | mark |
| 32 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 34 is | mark |
| 33 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 34 is | expl |
| 34 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 says | ccomp |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 doubt | det |
| 36 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 is | nsubj |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 matter | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 matter | cop |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 matter | advmod |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 matter | det |
| 41 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 matter | amod |
| 42 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 doubt | acl:relcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 regard | case |
| 44 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 matter | nmod |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 cub | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 cub | det |
| 47 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 cub | amod |
| 48 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 regard | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 life | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 life | det |
| 51 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 bought | nsubj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 cub | case |
| 53 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 cub | det |
| 54 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 life | nmod |
| 55 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 bought | aux |
| 56 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 57 bought | aux:pass |
| 57 | bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 regard | acl:relcl |
| 58 | at | at | ADP | _ | 60 price | case |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 price | det |
| 60 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 bought | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 purred | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | past | Bagheera | of Akela | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | Akela | no right | your assembly | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | the Law of the Jungle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | be a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | a doubt | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | kill in a quote | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | not is a in a quote | present | a doubt | a killing matter | regard to a new cub | tree rules | |||
| 7 | buy in a quote | may · passive | the life of that cub | a price | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at price=Asset |
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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