--- title: After that, he learned to lie in a beach pool and let the wash of th… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: After that, he learned to lie in a beach pool and let the wash of the waves just cover him and lift him up while he paddled, but he always kept his eye open for big waves that might hurt. Who acts: he, wash, big waves. 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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 (he, wash, big waves), 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:pg236:11:1 # text = After that, he learned to lie in a beach pool and let the wash of the waves just cover him and lift him up while he paddled, but he always kept his eye open for big waves that might hurt. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wash wash NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 cover cover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 paddled paddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | he | | | | after that | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | a beach pool | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pool=Location | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | he *not said here* | the wash | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wash=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | present | the wash *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | of the waves | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination | | 5 | **lift up** | infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **paddle** | past | he | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **keep** | past | he | his eye | | | | always, open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 8 | **hurt** | might | big waves | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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: [The Jungle Book, part 10, 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/10/167/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/2/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)