The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 9, sentence 37

From that height you could see across the tops of the trees down to the plain below; but what Mowgli looked at was the sides of the ravine, and he saw with a great deal of satisfaction that they ran nearly straight up and down, while the vines and creepers that hung over them would give no foothold to a tiger who wanted to get out.

Who acts: you, Mowgli, sides, vines, tiger · What happens: see, look, be, run, hang, give · To what, where: height, sides, foothold, tiger, satisfaction

This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Mowgli, sides, vines), 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	From	from	ADP	_	3 height	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 height	det
3	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 tops	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tops	det
9	tops	top	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 trees	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tops	nmod
13	down	down	ADV	_	16 plain	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 plain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 plain	det
16	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trees	nmod
17	below	below	ADV	_	16 plain	advmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 looked	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 looked	cc
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 looked	obj
21	Mowgli	Mowgli	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 looked	nsubj
22	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 see	parataxis
23	at	at	ADP	_	26 sides	case
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 sides	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 sides	det
26	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 looked	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 ravine	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 ravine	det
29	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sides	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 saw	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 saw	cc
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 saw	nsubj
33	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 looked	conj
34	with	with	ADP	_	37 deal	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 deal	det
36	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 deal	amod
37	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 saw	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 satisfaction	case
39	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 deal	nmod
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 ran	mark
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 ran	nsubj
42	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 saw	advcl
43	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	45 up	advmod
44	straight	straight	ADV	_	45 up	advmod
45	up	up	ADV	_	42 ran	advmod
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 down	cc
47	down	down	ADV	_	45 up	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 give	punct
49	while	while	SCONJ	_	59 give	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 vines	det
51	vines	vine	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 give	nsubj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 creepers	cc
53	creepers	creeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 vines	conj
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 hung	nsubj
55	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 vines	acl:relcl
56	over	over	ADP	_	57 them	case
57	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 hung	obl
58	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 give	aux
59	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 ran	conj
60	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	61 foothold	det
61	foothold	foothold	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 give	obj
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 tiger	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 tiger	det
64	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 give	obl
65	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	66 wanted	nsubj
66	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 tiger	acl:relcl
67	to	to	PART	_	68 get	mark
68	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 wanted	xcomp
69	out	out	ADV	_	68 get	advmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	could	you			that height	across the tops of the trees to the plain	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	past	Mowgli					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute
3	is	past				the sides	of the ravine	tree rules
4	see	past	Mowgli				with a great deal of satisfaction	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	run	past	sides = side					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	hang	past	the vines and creepers				over vines = vine	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over they=Location
7	give	would	the vines and creepers	no foothold	a tiger			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent foothold=Theme to tiger=Recipient
8	want	past	a tiger					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
9	get out not said to happen	to-infinitive	a tiger not said here				out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	deal			satisfaction				nom deal «act 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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