--- title: But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone el… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and runs through the forest biting everything in his way. Who acts: rags, Tabaqui, forest. 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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 (rags, Tabaqui, forest), 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:pg236:1:18 # text = But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and runs through the forest biting everything in his way. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 10 Tabaqui Tabaqui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obl _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 apt apt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 csubj _ _ 24 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 forgets forget VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 34 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 biting bite VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | rags *= rag* | | | | | of Tabaqui; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Tabaqui | | | | | apt *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **forget** | present | Tabaqui | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Tabaqui | | | | ever | of anyone; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **run** | present | Tabaqui *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 7 | **bite** | gerund | the forest *not said here* | everything | | Tabaqui's way | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everything=Patient in way=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/19/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/)