--- title: And Kotick curled up his mustache (it was a beauty) and said, “I am… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: And Kotick curled up his mustache (it was a beauty) and said, “I am the only white seal that has ever been born on the beaches, and I am the only seal, black or white, who ever thought of looking for new islands.” Who acts: mustache, I, only seal. 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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 (mustache, I, only seal), 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:pg236:12:26 # text = And Kotick curled up his mustache (it was a beauty) and said, “I am the only white seal that has ever been born on the beaches, and I am the only seal, black or white, who ever thought of looking for new islands.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Kotick Kotick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mustache mustache NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 45 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curl up** | participle · passive | | Kotick | | | | | vn rotate-51.9.1-1 «NP.agent V NP.theme NP.extent»: subject=Theme mustache=Extent | | 2 | **is a** | past | mustache | a beauty | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | the only white seal | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the only white seal | | the beaches | ever | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | the only seal | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the only seal | | | | ever | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | the only seal *not said here* | | | | | for new islands | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for island=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/27/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/)