--- title: Rikki-tikki was too well bred to bite or scratch, but as soon as Ted… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rikki-tikki was too well bred to bite or scratch, but as soon as Teddy was asleep he went off for his nightly walk round the house, and in the dark he ran up against Chuchundra, the muskrat, creeping around by the wall. Who acts: Teddy. 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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 (Teddy), 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:pg236:14:26 # text = Rikki-tikki was too well bred to bite or scratch, but as soon as Teddy was asleep he went off for his nightly walk round the house, and in the dark he ran up against Chuchundra, the muskrat, creeping around by the wall. 1 Rikki Rikki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 tikki tikki NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 bred breed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 Teddy Teddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 nightly nightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 round round ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Chuchundra Chuchundra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 muskrat muskrat NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 creeping creep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 45 around around ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breed** | past · passive | | Rikki tikki | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scratch** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Teddy | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go off** | past | Teddy | | | | | for Teddy's nightly walk round the house; soon *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run up** | past | Teddy | | | the dark | | against Chuchundra | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory | | 7 | **creep around** | gerund | Teddy *not said here* | | | | | by the wall; around *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wall=Trajectory | | 8 | **walk** | | Teddy | | | | | round the house | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent round=obl | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/27/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/)