--- title: Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions, duck… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions, ducking under the rollers; or coming in on top of a comber and landing with a swash and a splutter as the big wave went whirling far up the beach; or standing up on his tail and scratching his head as the old people did; or playing “I’m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/3/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/) / 3 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 11, sentence 3 Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions, ducking under the rollers; or coming in on top of a comber and landing with a swash and a splutter as the big wave went whirling far up the beach; or standing up on his tail and scratching his head as the old people did; or playing “I’m the King of the Castle” on slippery, weedy rocks that just stuck out of the wash. **Who acts:** you, he, big wave, old people, I · **What happens:** imagine, have, duck, come in, land, go · **To what, where:** rollers, top, beach, tail, head, King This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, he, big wave, old people), 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:pg236:11:3 # text = Then you can imagine the times that he had with his companions, ducking under the rollers; or coming in on top of a comber and landing with a swash and a splutter as the big wave went whirling far up the beach; or standing up on his tail and scratching his head as the old people did; or playing “I’m the King of the Castle” on slippery, weedy rocks that just stuck out of the wash. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ducking duck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rollers roller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 comber comber NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 landing land VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 swash swash NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 splutter splutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 40 whirling whirl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ _ 41 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 42 up up ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 scratching scratch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 64 “ " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ _ 73 on on ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 76 weedy weedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 78 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 80 obj _ _ 79 just just ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 acl:relcl _ _ 81 out out ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 wash wash NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | can | you | | | | then; time | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | he | | | | | with his companions | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **duck** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | the rollers | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come in** | gerund | | | | top of a comber | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location | | 5 | **land** | gerund | | | | | | with a swash and a splutter | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | the big wave | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **whirl** | gerund | the big wave *not said here* | | | the beach | | far *property* | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up beach=Destination | | 8 | **stand up** | gerund | | | | his tail | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tail=Location | | 9 | **scratch** | gerund | | his head | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 10 | **do** | past | the old people | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **play** | gerund | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **be** *in a quote* | present | I | the King of the Castle | | slippery weedy rocks | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot king=Theme | | 13 | **stick out** | past | | slippery weedy rocks | | the wash | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent that=Theme wash=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/pg236/11/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/4/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)