--- title: “Nagaina came to the bathroom sluice and called for Nag,” Darzee wen… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Nagaina came to the bathroom sluice and called for Nag,” Darzee went on, “and Nag came out on the end of a stick--the sweeper picked him up on the end of a stick and threw him upon the rubbish heap. Who acts: Nagaina, Darzee, Nag, sweeper. 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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 (Nagaina, Darzee, Nag, sweeper), 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:pg236:14:113 # text = “Nagaina came to the bathroom sluice and called for Nag,” Darzee went on, “and Nag came out on the end of a stick--the sweeper picked him up on the end of a stick and threw him upon the rubbish heap. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nagaina Nagaina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sluice sluice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 Darzee Darzee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 on on ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sweeper sweeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Nagaina | | | | | to the bathroom sluice | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | participle | | the bathroom sluice *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go on** | past | Darzee | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come out** *in a quote* | past | Nag | | | | on the end of a stick | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **pick up** *in a quote* | past | the sweeper | Nag | | | on the end of a stick | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 6 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | the sweeper *not said here* | Nag | | the rubbish heap | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon heap=Destination | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/114/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/)