--- title: At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Fa… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed “Mowgli the Frog,” as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight. Who acts: time, Father Wolf, frogs, Mowgli. 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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 (time, Father Wolf, frogs, Mowgli), 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:pg236:1:161 # text = At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed “Mowgli the Frog,” as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 5 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 bristles bristle AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 advcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 glistened glisten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | present · passive | | Mother Wolf's neck | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **push** | past | Father Wolf | Mowgli | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mowgli=Theme | | 4 | **call** | past | frogs *= frog* | | Mowgli | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **sit** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **laugh** | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **play** | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | with some pebbles | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pebble=Theme | | 8 | **glisten** | participle | some pebbles | | | the moonlight | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location | 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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/162/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/)