--- title: He was going to find Sea Cow, if there was such a person in the sea,… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was going to find Sea Cow, if there was such a person in the sea, and he was going to find a quiet island with good firm beaches for seals to live on, where men could not get at them. Who acts: Kotick, person, men. 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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 (Kotick, person, 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:pg236:12:7 # text = He was going to find Sea Cow, if there was such a person in the sea, and he was going to find a quiet island with good firm beaches for seals to live on, where men could not get at them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 firm firm NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 on on SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | Kotick | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | Sea Cow | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | such person in the sea | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | Kotick | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | a quiet island | | | | with good firm beaches for seals | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Topic | | 6 | **live** | to-infinitive | Kotick *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **get** | could | men | | | | | at adventures *= adventure* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/8/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/)