--- title: What’s that?” said Sea Vitch, and he struck the next walrus a blow w… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: What’s that?” said Sea Vitch, and he struck the next walrus a blow with his tusks and waked him up, and the next struck the next, and so on till they were all awake and staring in every direction but the right one. Who acts: Vitch, next, tusks. 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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 (Vitch, next, tusks), 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:pg236:11:110 # text = What’s that?” said Sea Vitch, and he struck the next walrus a blow with his tusks and waked him up, and the next struck the next, and so on till they were all awake and staring in every direction but the right one. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Vitch Vitch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 walrus walrus NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 waked wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 29 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 till till SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **strike** *in a quote* | past | Vitch | the next walrus | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent walrus=Patient blow=Result | | 3 | **wake up** *in a quote* | past | Vitch *not said here* | Vitch | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **strike** *in a quote* | past | the next | the next | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent next=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | tusks *= tusk* | | | | | all, awake *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stare** *in a quote* | gerund | tusks *= tusk* *not said here* | | | | | in every direction but the right one | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in direction=Theme | 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/pg236/11/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/111/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)