--- title: He was two weeks learning to use his flippers; and all that while he… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was two weeks learning to use his flippers; and all that while he floundered in and out of the water, and coughed and grunted and crawled up the beach and took catnaps on the sand, and went back again, until at last he found that he truly belonged to the water. Who acts: He, two weeks. 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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, two weeks), 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:pg236:11:2 # text = He was two weeks learning to use his flippers; and all that while he floundered in and out of the water, and coughed and grunted and crawled up the beach and took catnaps on the sand, and went back again, until at last he found that he truly belonged to the water. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 flippers flipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 floundered flounder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 coughed cough VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 grunted grunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 crawled crawl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 catnaps catnap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 until until SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 truly truly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | two weeks | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | gerund | two weeks *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | two weeks *not said here* | his flippers | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flipper=Patient | | 4 | **flounder** | past | he | that | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cough** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **grunt** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **crawl up** | past | he *not said here* | the beach | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location beach=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | he *not said here* | catnaps | | the sand | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent catnap=Theme on sand=Destination | | 9 | **go back** | past | | | | | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **find** | past | he | | | last | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **belong** | past | he | | | | | to the water; truly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/3/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)