--- title: He began to think of the seal he had left behind him, but though he… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He began to think of the seal he had left behind him, but though he was in a hurry to go back to Novastoshnah, he thoroughly explored the new country, so that he would be able to answer all questions. Who acts: sea. 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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), 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:pg236:12:79 # text = He began to think of the seal he had left behind him, but though he was in a hurry to go back to Novastoshnah, he thoroughly explored the new country, so that he would be able to answer all questions. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Novastoshnah Novastoshnah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 explored explore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | sea | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | sea *not said here* | | | | | of the seal | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | sea | the seal *not said here* | | | | behind seal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seal=Theme behind he=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | sea | | | a hurry | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go back** | to-infinitive | sea *not said here* | | Novastoshnah | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to novastoshnah=Result | | 6 | **explore** | past | sea | the new country | | | | thoroughly *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent country=Location | | 7 | **is** | would | sea | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | sea *not said here* | all questions | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/80/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/12/)