--- title: Kala Nag knew that that advice was good, for the first time that he… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Kala Nag knew that that advice was good, for the first time that he saw a shell burst he backed, screaming, into a stand of piled rifles, and the bayonets pricked him in all his softest places. Who acts: Kala, advice, bayonets. 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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 (Kala, advice, bayonets), 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:pg236:15:125 # text = Kala Nag knew that that advice was good, for the first time that he saw a shell burst he backed, screaming, into a stand of piled rifles, and the bayonets pricked him in all his softest places. 1 Kala Kala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 backed back VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 rifles rifle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bayonets bayonet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pricked prick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 softest soft ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Kala | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | that advice | | | | time | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Kala | a shell burst | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer burst=Stimulus | | 4 | **back** | past | Kala | a shell burst *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burst=Agent | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | Kala *not said here* | a stand of piled rifles | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Topic | | 6 | **pile** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prick** | past | the bayonets | Kala | | Kala's softest places | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/126/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/)