--- title: They came from the little village not half a mile from the sea nurse… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They came from the little village not half a mile from the sea nurseries, and they were deciding what seals they would drive up to the killing pens--for the seals were driven just like sheep--to be turned into seal-skin jackets later on. Who acts: Kerick, seals. 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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 (Kerick, seals), 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:pg236:11:44 # text = They came from the little village not half a mile from the sea nurseries, and they were deciding what seals they would drive up to the killing pens--for the seals were driven just like sheep--to be turned into seal-skin jackets later on. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 nurseries nursery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 deciding decide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 21 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 killing killing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 pens pen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 jackets jacket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 48 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 49 on on ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Kerick | | | the little village half mile from the sea nurseries | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from village=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **decide** | past · progressive | Kerick | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **drive up** | would | seals | | | the killing pens | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme to pen=Trajectory | | 4 | **drive** | past · passive | | the seals | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sheep=Destination | | 5 | **turn** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | skin jackets | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into jacket=Trajectory | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/45/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)