--- title: They told him that men had always driven the holluschickie--it was p… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They told him that men had always driven the holluschickie--it was part of the day’s work--and that if he did not like to see ugly things he should not have gone to the killing grounds. Who acts: seals, holluschickie, Kotick, day. 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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 (seals, holluschickie, Kotick, day), 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:pg236:11:135 # text = They told him that men had always driven the holluschickie--it was part of the day’s work--and that if he did not like to see ugly things he should not have gone to the killing grounds. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 holluschickie holluschickie NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 killing killing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | seals *= seal* | | Kotick | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **drive** | past · perfect · passive | | men | | | | always *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme holluschickie=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | past | holluschickie | part | | | | of the day's work | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | Kotick | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | ugly things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **go** | should · perfect | Kotick | ugly things *not said here* | | | | to the killing grounds | tree rules | | 7 | **work** | | the day | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/136/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)