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The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 5, sentence 15

The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.

Who acts: Rann, Mowgli, escort · What happens: shriek, swing, nod, rise up, look, hang · To what, where: last words, Mowgli, air

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rann, Mowgli, escort), 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

detamodnsubj:passaux:passmarknsubjaux:passaux:passadvclcasedetoblpunctccnsubjparataxisccconjcompound:prtmarknsubjadvcladvmodxcompcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccexplnsubjconjpunctadvclcasenmod:posscompoundobldetapposcasedetnmodmarknmod:posscasensubjadvcladvmodpunctrootTheDETlastADJwordsNOUNwereAUXshriekedVERBasSCONJhePRONwasAUXbeingAUXswungVERBthroughADPtheDETairNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJRannPROPNnoddedVERBandCCONJroseVERBupADPtillSCONJhePRONlookedVERBnoADVbiggerADJthanADPaDETspeckNOUNofADPdustNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtherePRONhePRONhungVERB,PUNCTwatchingVERBwithADPhisPRONtelescopeNOUNeyesNOUNtheDETswayingNOUNofADPtheDETtreetopsNOUNasSCONJMowgliPROPN’sPARTescortNOUNwhirledVERBalongADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 wordsdet
2lastlastADJDegree=Pos3 wordsamod
3wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur5 shriekednsubj:pass
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 shriekedaux:pass
5shriekedshriekVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6asasSCONJ_10 swungmark
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 swungnsubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 swungaux:pass
9beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 swungaux:pass
10swungswingVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 shriekedadvcl
11throughthroughADP_13 aircase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 airdet
13airairNOUNNumber=Sing10 swungobl
14,,PUNCT_17 noddedpunct
15butbutCCONJ_17 noddedcc
16RannRannPROPNNumber=Sing17 noddednsubj
17noddednodVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 shriekedparataxis
18andandCCONJ_19 rosecc
19roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 noddedconj
20upupADP_19 rosecompound:prt
21tilltillSCONJ_23 lookedmark
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 lookednsubj
23lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 roseadvcl
24nonoADV_25 biggeradvmod
25biggerbigADJDegree=Cmp23 lookedxcomp
26thanthanADP_28 speckcase
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 speckdet
28speckspeckNOUNNumber=Sing25 biggerobl
29ofofADP_30 dustcase
30dustdustNOUNNumber=Sing28 specknmod
31,,PUNCT_35 hungpunct
32andandCCONJ_35 hungcc
33theretherePRONPronType=Dem35 hungexpl
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 hungnsubj
35hunghangVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 noddedconj
36,,PUNCT_37 watchingpunct
37watchingwatchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part35 hungadvcl
38withwithADP_41 eyescase
39hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 eyesnmod:poss
40telescopetelescopeNOUNNumber=Sing41 eyescompound
41eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur37 watchingobl
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 swayingdet
43swayingswayingNOUNNumber=Sing41 eyesappos
44ofofADP_46 treetopscase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 treetopsdet
46treetopstreetopNOUNNumber=Plur43 swayingnmod
47asasSCONJ_51 whirledmark
48MowgliMowgliPROPNNumber=Sing50 escortnmod:poss
49’s'sPART_48 Mowglicase
50escortescortNOUNNumber=Sing51 whirlednsubj
51whirledwhirlVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 watchingadvcl
52alongalongADV_51 whirledadvmod
53..PUNCT_5 shriekedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shriekpast · passivethe last wordsvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2swingpast · passiveMowglithe airvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme through air=Trajectory
3nodpastRannvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4rise uppastRann not said herevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5lookpastMowglibig propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
6hangpastMowglitherevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7watchgerundMowgli not said herewith Mowgli's telescope eyesvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
8whirlpastMowgli's escortalong propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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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