--- title: “I was not a day too soon,” he said, for he could see the baby cobra… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I was not a day too soon,” he said, for he could see the baby cobras curled up inside the skin, and he knew that the minute they were hatched they could each kill a man or a mongoose. Who acts: tikki, eggs. 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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, eggs), 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:pg236:14:156 # text = “I was not a day too soon,” he said, for he could see the baby cobras curled up inside the skin, and he knew that the minute they were hatched they could each kill a man or a mongoose. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 cobras cobra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 inside inside ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 hatched hatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ _ 39 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mongoose mongoose NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | tikki | a day | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tikki | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | could | tikki | the baby cobras | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cobra=Stimulus | | 4 | **curl up** | participle | | the baby cobras *not said here* | | the skin | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | tikki | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **hatch** | past · passive | | the minute | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | could | eggs *= egg* | a man or a mongoose | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | 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 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/155/) - next →: [sentence 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/157/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/)