The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 11

So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them.

Who acts: Baloo · What happens: teach, tell, speak, come, say, mang · To what, where: Wood Laws, Teacher, rotten branch, fifty feet, hive, Bat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baloo), 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	So	so	ADV	_	10 taught	advmod
2	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 taught	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Teacher	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Teacher	det
5	Teacher	Teacher	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Baloo	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Law	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Law	det
8	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Teacher	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Baloo	punct
10	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 taught	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Laws	det
13	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Laws	compound
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Water	cc
15	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Wood	conj
16	Laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 taught	obj
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
18	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 tell	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 tell	mark
20	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 taught	parataxis
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 branch	det
22	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 branch	amod
23	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tell	obj
24	from	from	ADP	_	27 one	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 one	det
26	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 one	compound
27	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tell	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 speak	punct
29	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	31 speak	advmod
30	to	to	PART	_	31 speak	mark
31	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 tell	conj
32	politely	politely	ADV	_	31 speak	advmod
33	to	to	ADP	_	36 bees	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 bees	det
35	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 bees	amod
36	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 speak	obl
37	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	39 came	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 came	nsubj
39	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 speak	advcl
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 hive	case
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 hive	det
42	hive	hive	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 came	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 them	case
44	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 hive	nmod
45	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 feet	nummod
46	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 came	obl:unmarked
47	above	above	ADP	_	48 ground	case
48	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 feet	nmod
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 say	punct
50	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	52 say	obj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 say	mark
52	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 tell	conj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 Mang	mark
54	Mang	mang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 say	xcomp
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Bat	det
56	Bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Mang	obj
57	when	when	SCONJ	_	59 disturbed	mark
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 disturbed	nsubj
59	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 Mang	advcl
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 disturbed	obj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 branches	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 branches	det
63	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 disturbed	obl
64	at	at	ADP	_	65 midday	case
65	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 branches	nmod
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 warn	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 warn	cc
68	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	70 warn	advmod
69	to	to	PART	_	70 warn	mark
70	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 taught	conj
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 snakes	det
72	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 snakes	compound
73	-	-	PUNCT	_	72 water	punct
74	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 warn	obj
75	in	in	ADP	_	77 pools	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 pools	det
77	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 snakes	nmod
78	before	before	SCONJ	_	80 splashed	mark
79	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 splashed	nsubj
80	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 warn	advcl
81	down	down	ADV	_	80 splashed	advmod
82	among	among	ADP	_	83 them	case
83	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 splashed	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 taught	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	Baloo	the Wood Laws	Teacher			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient law=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		a rotten branch			from a sound one	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent branch=Recipient
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive					to the wild bees; politely property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to bee=Co-Agent
4	come	past	Baloo	fifty feet above ground		a hive of bees		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon hive=Location
5	say speech: assert	to-infinitive						tree rules
6	mang	to-infinitive		the Bat				tree rules
7	disturb	past	Baloo	Teacher		the branches at midday		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
8	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	Baloo not said here		the water snakes			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient
9	splash down	past	Baloo				among pools = pool; down property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Location

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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