--- title: They clambered up the Council Rock together, and Mowgli spread the s… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They clambered up the Council Rock together, and Mowgli spread the skin out on the flat stone where Akela used to sit, and pegged it down with four slivers of bamboo, and Akela lay down upon it, and called the old call to the Council, “Look--look well, O Wolves,” exactly as he had called when Mowgli --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/) / 3 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 10, sentence 3 They clambered up the Council Rock together, and Mowgli spread the skin out on the flat stone where Akela used to sit, and pegged it down with four slivers of bamboo, and Akela lay down upon it, and called the old call to the Council, “Look--look well, O Wolves,” exactly as he had called when Mowgli was first brought there. **Who acts:** feet, Mowgli, Akela · **What happens:** clamber up, spread out, use, sit, peg down, lie down · **To what, where:** Council Rock, skin, flat stone, bamboo, old call, Council · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (feet, Mowgli, Akela), 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:pg236:10:3 # text = They clambered up the Council Rock together, and Mowgli spread the skin out on the flat stone where Akela used to sit, and pegged it down with four slivers of bamboo, and Akela lay down upon it, and called the old call to the Council, “Look--look well, O Wolves,” exactly as he had called when Mowgli was first brought there. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clambered clamber VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Rock Rock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 Akela Akela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 pegged peg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 slivers sliver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 Akela Akela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 61 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 66 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 70 advmod _ _ 67 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux:pass _ _ 69 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 70 advmod _ _ 70 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 conj _ _ 71 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clamber up** | past | feet *= foot* | the Council Rock | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spread out** | past | Mowgli | the skin | | the flat stone | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent skin=Theme on stone=Destination | | 3 | **use** | past | Akela | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **sit** | to-infinitive | Akela *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **peg down** | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | skin | | | | with four slivers of bamboo | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with sliver=Instrument | | 6 | **lie down** | past | Akela | | | bamboo | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location | | 7 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | | the old call | the Council | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent call=Topic to council=Recipient | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | O Wolves | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **call** | past · perfect | Mowgli | | | | | exactly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **bring** | past · passive | | Mowgli | | there | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/4/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/)