The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 20, sentence 175

We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service: they ne’er were loosed again,-- Make way there--way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train!

Who acts: We, necks · What happens: lend, bow, ne'er, loose, make · To what, where: strength, Alexander, necks, service, way

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, necks), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 lent	nsubj
2	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Alexander	case
4	Alexander	Alexander	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lent	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 strength	det
6	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lent	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Hercules	case
8	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 strength	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wisdom	punct
10	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wisdom	det
11	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Hercules	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 foreheads	case
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 foreheads	nmod:poss
14	foreheads	forehead	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wisdom	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cunning	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cunning	det
17	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 foreheads	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 knees	case
19	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 knees	nmod:poss
20	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cunning	nmod
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 bowed	punct
22	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 bowed	nsubj
23	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lent	conj
24	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 necks	nmod:poss
25	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 bowed	obj
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 service	case
27	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bowed	obl
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	30 ne’er	punct
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 ne’er	nsubj
30	ne’er	ne'er	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lent	parataxis
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 loosed	aux:pass
32	loosed	loose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 ne’er	xcomp
33	again	again	ADV	_	32 loosed	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Make	punct
35	--	--	PUNCT	_	36 Make	punct
36	Make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 ne’er	conj
37	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Make	obj
38	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 Make	advmod
39	--	--	PUNCT	_	40 way	punct
40	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Make	conj
41	for	for	ADP	_	46 teams	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 teams	det
43	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 foot	nummod
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 ten	punct
45	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 teams	compound
46	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 way	nmod
47	Of	of	ADP	_	52 train	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 train	det
49	Forty	forty	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Pounder	compound
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	49 Forty	punct
51	Pounder	pounder	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 train	compound
52	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 teams	nmod
53	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 lent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	lend	past	We	the strength of Hercules	Alexander			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to alexander=Recipient
2	bow	past	We	our necks	service			vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent neck=Topic to service=Recipient
3	ne'er	present	necks = neck					tree rules
4	loose	past · passive	necks = neck not said here				again	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
5	make	infinitive	necks = neck not said here	way		there		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product

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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