--- title: Sea Catch knew that, and every spring would swim from whatever place… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Sea Catch knew that, and every spring would swim from whatever place he happened to be in--would swim like a torpedo-boat straight for Novastoshnah and spend a month fighting with his companions for a good place on the rocks, as close to the sea as possible. Who acts: Sea, spring, place. 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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 (Sea, spring, place), 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:pg236:10:110 # text = Sea Catch knew that, and every spring would swim from whatever place he happened to be in--would swim like a torpedo-boat straight for Novastoshnah and spend a month fighting with his companions for a good place on the rocks, as close to the sea as possible. 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Catch Catch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 torpedo torpedo NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 straight straight ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Novastoshnah Novastoshnah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Sea | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **swim** | would | every spring | | | whatever | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from whatever=Trajectory | | 3 | **happen** | past | place | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **swim** | would | every spring *not said here* | | | | | like a torpedo boat; for Novastoshnah | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spend** | infinitive | every spring *not said here* | | | | month | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fight** | gerund | every spring *not said here* | | | | | with place's companions; for a good place on the rocks | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with companion=Co-Agent | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/111/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/)