The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 123

They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything at all; but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea, and he told all the others that Mowgli would be a useful person to keep in the tribe, because he could weave sticks together for protection from the wind; so, if they caught him, they could make him teach them.

Who acts: monkeys, Bandar log, one, log, that, Mowgli · What happens: not mean, do, invent, seem, tell, be · To what, where: anything, all, brilliant idea, log, others, useful person · 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 (monkeys, Bandar log, one, log), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 meant	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 meant	advmod
3	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 meant	xcomp
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 more	det
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 do	advmod
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	14 mean	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 log	det
10	Bandar	Bandar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 log	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 Bandar	punct
12	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mean	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 mean	advmod
14	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	conj
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 mean	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 anything	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 invented	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	23 invented	cc
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 invented	nsubj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 one	nmod
23	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	conj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 seemed	nsubj
25	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 invented	ccomp
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 seemed	obl
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 idea	det
29	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 idea	amod
30	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 seemed	xcomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 told	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 told	cc
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 told	nsubj
34	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 invented	conj
35	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 others	det:predet
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 others	det
37	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 told	iobj
38	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 person	nsubj
39	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 person	nsubj
40	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 person	aux
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 person	cop
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 person	det
43	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 person	amod
44	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 others	nmod
45	to	to	PART	_	46 keep	mark
46	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 person	acl
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 tribe	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 tribe	det
49	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 keep	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 weave	punct
51	because	because	SCONJ	_	54 weave	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 weave	nsubj
53	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 weave	aux
54	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 keep	conj
55	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 weave	obj
56	together	together	ADV	_	54 weave	advmod
57	for	for	ADP	_	58 protection	case
58	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 weave	obl
59	from	from	ADP	_	61 wind	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 wind	det
61	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 protection	nmod
62	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 make	punct
63	so	so	ADV	_	72 make	advmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 so	punct
65	if	if	SCONJ	_	67 caught	mark
66	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 caught	nsubj
67	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 make	advcl
68	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 caught	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 caught	punct
70	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 make	nsubj
71	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 make	aux
72	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 meant	conj
73	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 make	obj
74	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 make	xcomp
75	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 teach	iobj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 meant	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not mean	past	monkeys = monkey					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not mean	present	the Bandar log	anything		all		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic
4	invent	past	one of monkeys					tree rules
5	seem	past		a brilliant idea	log			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
6	tell speech: assert	past	log		all others			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient
7	is a	would	that	a useful person				tree rules
8	keep	to-infinitive	log not said here			the tribe		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tribe=Location
9	weave	could	Mowgli	sticks			for protection from the wind; together property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Product for protection=Beneficiary
10	catch a condition, not said to happen	past	monkeys = monkey	Mowgli				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
11	make	could	monkeys = monkey	Mowgli				tree rules
12	teach speech: other	infinitive	Mowgli not said here		monkeys = monkey			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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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