--- title: The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet. Who acts: cubs, mothers, senior wolf. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cubs, mothers, senior wolf), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg236:1:156 # text = The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obl _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 21 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 senior senior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 29 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 up up ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 noiseless noiseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tumble** | past | the cubs | | | each | | in the center of the circle | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in center=Attribute | | 2 | **sit** | past | cubs's mothers and fathers | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | would | a senior wolf | | | a cub | now | quietly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up cub=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | at Father; carefully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | | | | noiseless feet | | to Father's place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/155/) - next →: [sentence 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/157/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/)