--- title: “I suppose it is rather awful from your way of looking at it, but if… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I suppose it is rather awful from your way of looking at it, but if you seals will come here year after year, of course the men get to know of it, and unless you can find an island where no men ever come you will always be driven.” Who acts: Sea Lion, swimming, way, you. 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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 (Sea Lion, swimming, way, you), 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:pg236:11:96 # text = “I suppose it is rather awful from your way of looking at it, but if you seals will come here year after year, of course the men get to know of it, and unless you can find an island where no men ever come you will always be driven.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 rather rather ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 advmod _ _ 48 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 53 advmod _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | the Sea Lion *= lion* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | swimming | | | your way | | awful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | your way *not said here* | | | | | at swimming | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 4 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | here | year | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present | the men | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the men *not said here* | | | | | of swimming | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | a island | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Topic | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | present | no men | | | | ever | | tree rules | | 9 | **drive** *in a quote* | future · passive | | you | | | | always *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/97/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/11/)