--- title: But the really good time came when the driving out began, and the Ke… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the really good time came when the driving out began, and the Keddah--that is, the stockade--looked like a picture of the end of the world, and men had to make signs to one another, because they could not hear themselves speak. Who acts: good time, driving, that, men. 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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 (good time, driving, that, men), 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:pg236:16:19 # text = But the really good time came when the driving out began, and the Keddah--that is, the stockade--looked like a picture of the end of the world, and men had to make signs to one another, because they could not hear themselves speak. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Keddah Keddah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stockade stockade NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obl _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 41 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 because because SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 49 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ _ 50 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the good time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drive out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | driving | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | present | that | the stockade | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | participle · passive | | the Keddah | | | | like a picture of the end of the world | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 6 | **have** | past | men | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | signs | one | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | | 8 | **not** **hear** | could | men *= man* | men *= man* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/20/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/)