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The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 3, sentence 121

Akela, the grim old wolf who had never asked for mercy in his life, gave one piteous look at Mowgli as the boy stood all naked, his long black hair tossing over his shoulders in the light of the blazing branch that made the shadows jump and quiver.

Who acts: Akela, boy, long black hair, blazing branch, shadows · What happens: not ask, give, stand, toss, make, jump · To what, where: grim old wolf, one piteous look, Mowgli, long black hair, shoulders, blazing branch

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Akela, boy, long black hair, blazing branch), 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

nsubjpunctdetamodamodapposnsubj:passauxadvmodacl:relclcaseoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnummodamodobjcaseoblmarkdetnsubjadvcladvmodxcomppunctnmod:possamodamodoblaclcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relcldetnsubjccompccconjpunctrootAkelaPROPN,PUNCTtheDETgrimADJoldADJwolfNOUNwhoPRONhadAUXneverADVaskedVERBforADPmercyNOUNinADPhisPRONlifeNOUN,PUNCTgaveVERBoneNUMpiteousADJlookNOUNatADPMowgliPROPNasSCONJtheDETboyNOUNstoodVERBallADVnakedADJ,PUNCThisPRONlongADJblackADJhairNOUNtossingVERBoverADPhisPRONshouldersNOUNinADPtheDETlightNOUNofADPtheDETblazingADJbranchNOUNthatPRONmadeVERBtheDETshadowsNOUNjumpVERBandCCONJquiverVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AkelaAkelaPROPNNumber=Sing17 gavensubj
2,,PUNCT_6 wolfpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 wolfdet
4grimgrimADJDegree=Pos6 wolfamod
5oldoldADJDegree=Pos6 wolfamod
6wolfwolfNOUNNumber=Sing1 Akelaappos
7whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 askednsubj:pass
8hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 askedaux
9neverneverADVPronType=Neg10 askedadvmod
10askedaskVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 wolfacl:relcl
11forforADP_12 mercycase
12mercymercyNOUNNumber=Sing10 askedobl
13ininADP_15 lifecase
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 lifenmod:poss
15lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing12 mercynmod
16,,PUNCT_1 Akelapunct
17gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
18oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card20 looknummod
19piteouspiteousADJDegree=Pos20 lookamod
20looklookNOUNNumber=Sing17 gaveobj
21atatADP_22 Mowglicase
22MowgliMowgliPROPNNumber=Sing17 gaveobl
23asasSCONJ_26 stoodmark
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 boydet
25boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing26 stoodnsubj
26stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 gaveadvcl
27allallADV_28 nakedadvmod
28nakednakedADJDegree=Pos26 stoodxcomp
29,,PUNCT_33 hairpunct
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 hairnmod:poss
31longlongADJDegree=Pos33 hairamod
32blackblackADJDegree=Pos33 hairamod
33hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing26 stoodobl
34tossingtossVERBVerbForm=Ger33 hairacl
35overoverADP_37 shoulderscase
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 shouldersnmod:poss
37shouldersshoulderNOUNNumber=Plur34 tossingobl
38ininADP_40 lightcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 lightdet
40lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing34 tossingobl
41ofofADP_44 branchcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 branchdet
43blazingblazingADJDegree=Pos44 branchamod
44branchbranchNOUNNumber=Sing40 lightnmod
45thatthatPRONPronType=Rel46 madensubj
46mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 branchacl:relcl
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 shadowsdet
48shadowsshadowNOUNNumber=Plur49 jumpnsubj
49jumpjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin46 madeccomp
50andandCCONJ_51 quivercc
51quiverquiverVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 jumpconj
52..PUNCT_17 gavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not ask speech: askpast · perfect · passivethe grim old wolffor mercy in Akela's lifevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2givepastAkelaone piteous lookMowglivn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent look=Theme at mowgli=Asset
3standpastthe boyAkela's long black hairnaked propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4tossgerundAkela's long black hair not said hereAkela's shouldersin the light of the blazing branchvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Destination
5makepastthe blazing branchtree rules
6jumppresentthe shadowsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7quiverpresentthe shadows not said herevn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8lightthe blazing branchnom 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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