--- title: He flung himself at the biggest sea catch he could find, caught him… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He flung himself at the biggest sea catch he could find, caught him by the throat, choked him and bumped him and banged him till he grunted for mercy, and then threw him aside and attacked the next. Who acts: Limmershin. 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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 (Limmershin), 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:pg236:12:103 # text = He flung himself at the biggest sea catch he could find, caught him by the throat, choked him and bumped him and banged him till he grunted for mercy, and then threw him aside and attacked the next. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 catch catch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 choked choke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bumped bump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 banged bang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grunted grunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 aside aside ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** | past | Limmershin | Limmershin | | the biggest sea catch | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at catch=Destination | | 2 | **find** | could | Limmershin | the biggest sea catch *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catch=Topic | | 3 | **catch** | participle | Limmershin *not said here* | Limmershin | | | | by the throat | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **choke** | past | | | Limmershin | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination | | 5 | **bump** | past | | Limmershin | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 6 | **bang** | past | Limmershin *not said here* | Limmershin | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 7 | **grunt** | past | Limmershin | | | | | for mercy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mercy=Recipient | | 8 | **throw** | past | | Limmershin | | | then | aside *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **attack** | past | | the next | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent next=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/104/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/)