The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 2, sentence 92
Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to the Council first are old too, and the young wolves believe, as Shere Khan has taught them, that a man-cub has no place with the Pack.
Who acts: wolves, Many, young wolves, man cub · What happens: look over, bring, be, believe, teach, have · To what, where: thee, thou, Council, Shere, wolves, place · 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 (wolves, Many, young wolves, man cub), 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 old | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 wolves | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wolves | det |
| 4 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Many | nmod |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wolves | acl:relcl |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 looked | obj |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 looked | compound:prt |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 brought | advmod |
| 10 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | wast | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 brought | aux:pass |
| 12 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Many | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Council | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Council | det |
| 15 | Council | Council | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 brought | obl |
| 16 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 brought | advmod |
| 17 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 old | cop |
| 18 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 19 | too | too | ADV | _ | 18 old | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 believe | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 believe | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 wolves | det |
| 23 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 wolves | amod |
| 24 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 believe | nsubj |
| 25 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 old | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 taught | punct |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 taught | mark |
| 28 | Shere | Shere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | Khan | Khan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Shere | flat |
| 30 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 taught | aux |
| 31 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 believe | ccomp |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 taught | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 has | punct |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 has | mark |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 cub | det |
| 36 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 cub | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 man | punct |
| 38 | cub | cub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 has | nsubj |
| 39 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 believe | conj |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 place | det |
| 41 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 has | obj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 Pack | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Pack | det |
| 44 | Pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 place | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 old | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look over | past | the wolves | thee | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | bring | past · passive | thou | the Council | first property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to council=Destination | |||
| 3 | is | present | Many of the wolves | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | believe | present | the young wolves | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | teach speech: other | present · perfect · passive | Shere | wolves = wolf | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Topic | ||||
| 6 | have | present | a man cub | no place | with the Pack | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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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