--- title: “Yes,” said Big Toomai, his driver, the son of Black Toomai who had… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes,” said Big Toomai, his driver, the son of Black Toomai who had taken him to Abyssinia, and grandson of Toomai of the Elephants who had seen him caught, “there is nothing that the Black Snake fears except me. Who acts: Big, driver, grandson, nothing. 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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 (Big, driver, grandson, nothing), 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:pg236:15:137 # text = “Yes,” said Big Toomai, his driver, the son of Black Toomai who had taken him to Abyssinia, and grandson of Toomai of the Elephants who had seen him caught, “there is nothing that the Black Snake fears except me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 Toomai Toomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Toomai Toomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Abyssinia Abyssinia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Toomai Toomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Elephants Elephant PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 nsubj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Black Black ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 fears fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 except except ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Big | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect | Big's driver and the son of Black Toomai | Big | Abyssinia | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to abyssinia=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | grandson of Toomai | Big | | | | of the Elephants | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **catch** | past | grandson of Toomai | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | the Black Snake | | | | | except the soldiers *= soldier* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/138/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/15/)