--- title: They talked about the Pacific as boys would talk about a wood that t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They talked about the Pacific as boys would talk about a wood that they had been nutting in, and if anyone had understood them he could have gone away and made such a chart of that ocean as never was. Who acts: seals, boys, sea. 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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, boys, sea), 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:pg236:11:34 # text = They talked about the Pacific as boys would talk about a wood that they had been nutting in, and if anyone had understood them he could have gone away and made such a chart of that ocean as never was. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux _ _ 17 nutting nut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chart chart NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | seals *= seal* | | | | | about the Pacific | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about pacific=Topic | | 2 | **talk** | would | boys | | | | | about a wood | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wood=Topic | | 3 | **nut** | past · perfect · progressive | seals *= seal* | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **understand** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go away** | could · perfect | sea | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past | seals *= seal* *not said here* | such chart of that ocean | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chart=Product | | 7 | **not** **be** | past | seals *= seal* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **chart** | | | that ocean | | | | | nom chart «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/35/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)