--- title: A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs. Who acts: tooth, baby. 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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 (tooth, baby), 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:pg236:1:90 # text = A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 to to SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 without without SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 28 right right ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 46 among among ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accustom** | participle | | a Wolf *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | baby's own cubs | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cub=Theme | | 3 | **break** | gerund | | egg | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 4 | **close** | participle · passive | | Father Wolf's jaws | | | | right *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **scratch** | past | a tooth | the skin | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 6 | **lay down** | past | baby | skin | | the cubs | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme among cub=Destination | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/91/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/1/)