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title: When Rikki got to the house, Teddy and Teddy’s mother (she looked ve… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When Rikki got to the house, Teddy and Teddy’s mother (she looked very white still, for she had been fainting) and Teddy’s father came out and almost cried over him; and that night he ate all that was given him till he could eat no more, and went to bed on Teddy’s shoulder, where Teddy’s mother saw 
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# The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 15, sentence 92

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When Rikki got to the house, Teddy and Teddy’s mother (she looked very white still, for she had been fainting) and Teddy’s father came out and almost cried over him; and that night he ate all that was given him till he could eat no more, and went to bed on Teddy’s shoulder, where Teddy’s mother saw him when she came to look late at night.

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**Who acts:** Rikki, mother, father · **What happens:** get, look, be, come out, cry, eat · **To what, where:** that, father, more, shoulder

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This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rikki, mother, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg236:15:92
# text = When Rikki got to the house, Teddy and Teddy’s mother (she looked very white still, for she had been fainting) and Teddy’s father came out and almost cried over him; and that night he ate all that was given him till he could eat no more, and went to bed on Teddy’s shoulder, where Teddy’s mother saw him when she came to look late at night.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Rikki	Rikki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	cop	_	_
24	fainting	fainting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
31	out	out	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
35	over	over	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
39	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	40	det	_	_
40	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl:unmarked	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
43	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	46	det:predet	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	ccomp	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
48	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	advcl	_	_
52	no	no	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
59	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’s	's	PART	POS	_	60	case	_	_
62	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
64	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	68	advmod	_	_
65	Teddy	Teddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	’s	's	PART	POS	_	65	case	_	_
67	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
68	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	conj	_	_
69	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	72	advmod	_	_
71	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
72	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	advcl	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	advcl	_	_
75	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	xcomp	_	_
76	at	at	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Rikki |  |  |  |  | to the house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result |
| 2 | **look** | past | Teddy and Teddy's mother |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past · perfect | mother |  |  |  |  | for fainting | tree rules |
| 4 | **come out** | past | Teddy's father |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Teddy's father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over father; almost *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location |
| 6 | **eat** | past | father |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **give** | past · passive |  | that | father |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme |
| 8 | **eat** | could | father | more |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
| 9 | **go** | past |  |  |  | Teddy's shoulder |  | to bed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **see** | past | Teddy's mother | father |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 11 | **come** | past | mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 12 | **look** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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