--- title: But, as Matkah told Kotick, “So long as you don’t lie in muddy water… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, as Matkah told Kotick, “So long as you don’t lie in muddy water and get mange, or rub the hard sand into a cut or scratch, and so long as you never go swimming when there is a heavy sea, nothing will hurt you here.” Who acts: Matkah, Kotick, heavy sea, nothing. 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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 (Matkah, Kotick, heavy sea, nothing), 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:pg236:10:165 # text = But, as Matkah told Kotick, “So long as you don’t lie in muddy water and get mange, or rub the hard sand into a cut or scratch, and so long as you never go swimming when there is a heavy sea, nothing will hurt you here.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Matkah Matkah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 6 Kotick Kotick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 So so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 mange mange NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 49 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Matkah | | Kotick | | | long *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kotick=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **lie** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Kotick | | | muddy water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | mange | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mange=Stimulus | | 4 | **rub** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | the hard sand | | a cut or scratch | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sand=Theme into cut=Destination | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present | Kotick | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **swim** *in a quote* | gerund | Kotick *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a heavy sea | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hurt** *in a quote* | future | nothing | Kotick | | here | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | 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 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/164/) - next →: [sentence 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/166/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/)