The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 6, sentence 5

They would sit in circles on the hall of the king’s council chamber, and scratch for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would run in and out of the roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster and old bricks in a corner, and forget where they had hidden them, and fight and cry in scuffling crowds, and then break off to play up and down the terraces of the king’s garden, where they would shake the rose trees and the oranges in sport to see the fruit and flowers fall.

Who acts: monkeys · What happens: sit, scratch, pretend, be, run, forget · To what, where: circles, men, corner, monkeys, scuffling crowds, rose trees

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monkeys), 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 sit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sit	aux
3	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 circles	case
5	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sit	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sit	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 chamber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chamber	nmod:poss
12	’s	's	PART	_	11 king	case
13	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chamber	compound
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 scratch	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scratch	cc
17	scratch	scratch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 sit	parataxis
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 fleas	case
19	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 scratch	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 pretend	cc
21	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 scratch	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	24 men	mark
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 men	cop
24	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 pretend	xcomp
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 run	punct
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 run	cc
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 run	nsubj
28	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 run	aux
29	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sit	parataxis
30	in	in	ADV	_	29 run	advmod
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 houses	cc
32	out	out	ADP	_	36 houses	case
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 houses	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 houses	det
35	roofless	roofless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 houses	amod
36	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 run	conj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 pieces	cc
38	collect	collect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 pieces	amod
39	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 houses	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 plaster	case
41	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 pieces	nmod
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 bricks	cc
43	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 bricks	amod
44	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 houses	conj
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 corner	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 corner	det
47	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 run	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 forget	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 forget	cc
50	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 run	conj
51	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	54 hidden	advmod
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 hidden	nsubj:pass
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 hidden	aux
54	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 forget	advcl
55	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 hidden	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 fight	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 fight	cc
58	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 run	conj
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 cry	cc
60	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 fight	conj
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 crowds	case
62	scuffling	scuffling	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 crowds	compound
63	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 cry	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 break	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 break	cc
66	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	67 break	advmod
67	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sit	conj
68	off	off	ADP	_	67 break	compound:prt
69	to	to	PART	_	70 play	mark
70	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 break	xcomp
71	up	up	ADP	_	70 play	compound:prt
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 terraces	cc
73	down	down	ADP	_	75 terraces	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 terraces	det
75	terraces	terrace	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 play	obl
76	of	of	ADP	_	80 garden	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 king	det
78	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 garden	nmod:poss
79	’s	's	PART	_	78 king	case
80	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 terraces	nmod
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 shake	punct
82	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	85 shake	advmod
83	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 shake	nsubj
84	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	85 shake	aux
85	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 terraces	parataxis
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 trees	det
87	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 trees	compound
88	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 shake	obj
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 oranges	cc
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 oranges	det
91	oranges	orange	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 trees	conj
92	in	in	ADP	_	93 sport	case
93	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 shake	obl
94	to	to	PART	_	95 see	mark
95	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	85 shake	advcl
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 fruit	det
97	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 see	obj
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 flowers	cc
99	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 fruit	conj
100	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	97 fruit	advcl
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sit	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	would	monkeys = monkey		circles		on the hall of the king's council chamber	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in circle=Location
2	scratch	infinitive					for fleas	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for flea=Theme
3	pretend	infinitive						tree rules
4	is a	to-infinitive		men				tree rules
5	run	would	monkeys = monkey		a corner			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Trajectory
6	forget	infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here					tree rules
7	hide	past · perfect · passive		monkeys = monkey				tree rules
8	fight	infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	cry speech: express	infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here		scuffling crowds			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in crowd=Location
10	break off	infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here			then		tree rules
11	play up	to-infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here				down the terraces of the king's garden	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	shake	would	monkeys = monkey	the rose trees and the oranges	sport			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in sport=Trajectory
13	see	to-infinitive	monkeys = monkey not said here	the fruit and flowers				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus
14	fall	present	monkeys = monkey not said here					vn occur-48.3 «NP 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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