--- title: Then ten or twelve men, each with an iron-bound club three or four f… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then ten or twelve men, each with an iron-bound club three or four feet long, came up, and Kerick pointed out one or two of the drove that were bitten by their companions or too hot, and the men kicked those aside with their heavy boots made of the skin of a walrus’s throat, and then Kerick said, “L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/79/) [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/) / 79 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 11, sentence 79 Then ten or twelve men, each with an iron-bound club three or four feet long, came up, and Kerick pointed out one or two of the drove that were bitten by their companions or too hot, and the men kicked those aside with their heavy boots made of the skin of a walrus’s throat, and then Kerick said, “Let go!” and then the men clubbed the seals on the head as fast as they could. **Who acts:** ten men, Kerick, companions, men · **What happens:** bind, come up, point out, drive, bite, kick · **To what, where:** one, those, heavy boots, seals, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (ten men, Kerick, companions, men), 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:pg236:11:79 # text = Then ten or twelve men, each with an iron-bound club three or four feet long, came up, and Kerick pointed out one or two of the drove that were bitten by their companions or too hot, and the men kicked those aside with their heavy boots made of the skin of a walrus’s throat, and then Kerick said, “Let go!” and then the men clubbed the seals on the head as fast as they could. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 appos _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ _ 17 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 Kerick Kerick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obj _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 conj _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 47 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 obj _ _ 48 aside aside ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 53 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 walrus walrus NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ _ 65 Kerick Kerick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 “ " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 ccomp _ _ 70 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ! ! PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ” " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 74 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 77 advmod _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 77 clubbed club VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obj _ _ 80 on on ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 83 as as ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 77 advmod _ _ 85 as as SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 86 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 87 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come up** | past | ten men | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **point out** | past | Kerick | one | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **drive** | past | Kerick *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 5 | **bite** | past · passive | Kerick's companions | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kick** | past | the men | those | | | | with Kerick's heavy boots; aside *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent that=Patient with boot=Instrument | | 7 | **make** | participle | | Kerick's heavy boots *not said here* | | | | of the skin of a walrus's throat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Kerick | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **club** | past | the men | the seals | | the head | then | fast *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seal=Patient on head=Location | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/80/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)