--- title: As he held he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he held he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death, and, for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked. Who acts: tikki. 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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), 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:pg236:14:91 # text = As he held he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death, and, for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 ccomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 banged bang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | tikki | | | | | for the honor of tikki's family | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **close** | past | tikki | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **make** | past | tikki | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bang** | would · passive | | tikki | | death | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to death=Trajectory | | 5 | **prefer** | past | tikki | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | tikki *not said here* | | | | | with tikki's teeth | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 7 | **lock** | participle | tikki *not said here* | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **honor** | | | tikki's family | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/92/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/14/)