--- title: He knew the coast perfectly well, so about midnight, when he felt hi… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He knew the coast perfectly well, so about midnight, when he felt himself gently bumped on a weed-bed, he said, “Hm, tide’s running strong tonight,” and turning over under water opened his eyes slowly and stretched. Who acts: seal, turning. 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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 (seal, turning), 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:pg236:12:33 # text = He knew the coast perfectly well, so about midnight, when he felt himself gently bumped on a weed-bed, he said, “Hm, tide’s running strong tonight,” and turning over under water opened his eyes slowly and stretched. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nsubj _ _ 16 gently gently ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 bumped bump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 weed weed NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Hm hm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ _ 33 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 csubj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | seal | the coast | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer coast=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | past | seal | | | | midnight | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **bump** | past | seal | | | a weed bed | | gently *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | seal | Hm | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** *in a quote* | gerund | seal *not said here* | | | | tonight | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | | | | water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over water=Trajectory | | 7 | **open** | past | turning | seal's eyes | | | | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 8 | **stretch** | participle | turning *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/34/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/)