--- title: He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, r… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, ran all round the table, sat up and put his fur in order, scratched himself, and jumped on the small boy’s shoulder. Who acts: Tikki, it. 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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 (Tikki, it), 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:pg236:13:65 # text = He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, ran all round the table, sat up and put his fur in order, scratched himself, and jumped on the small boy’s shoulder. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Tikki | | | | | at the cotton wool | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wool=Theme | | 2 | **decide** | past | Tikki *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | past | Tikki *not said here* | | | the table | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round table=Trajectory | | 6 | **sit up** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | | Tikki's fur | | order | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fur=Theme in order=Destination | | 8 | **scratch** | past | | Tikki | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 9 | **jump** | past | Tikki *not said here* | | | the small boy's shoulder | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Trajectory | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/13/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/13/66/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/13/)