--- title: When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich rajah, and he… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich rajah, and he will buy thee from the Government, on account of thy size and thy manners, and then thou wilt have nothing to do but to carry gold earrings in thy ears, and a gold howdah on thy back, and a red cloth covered with gold on thy sides, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/) / 4 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 16, sentence 4 When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich rajah, and he will buy thee from the Government, on account of thy size and thy manners, and then thou wilt have nothing to do but to carry gold earrings in thy ears, and a gold howdah on thy back, and a red cloth covered with gold on thy sides, and walk at the head of the processions of the King. **Who acts:** Kala, thou, King · **What happens:** come, buy, have, do, carry, cover · **To what, where:** rich rajah, thee, Government, nothing, gold earrings, ears This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kala, thou, King), 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:pg236:16:4 # text = When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich rajah, and he will buy thee from the Government, on account of thy size and thy manners, and then thou wilt have nothing to do but to carry gold earrings in thy ears, and a gold howdah on thy back, and a red cloth covered with gold on thy sides, and walk at the head of the processions of the King. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Kala Kala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ 7 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 13 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 rajah rajah NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 45 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 earrings earring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 howdah howdah NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 63 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 72 at at ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 processions procession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | | some rich rajah | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rajah=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | future | Kala | thee | | the Government | | on account of thy size and thy manners | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from government=Source | | 3 | **have** | future | thou | nothing | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | gold earrings | | thy ears | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent earring=Value in ear=Location | | 6 | **cover** | participle | | a red cloth *not said here* | | thy sides | | with gold | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | | 7 | **walk** | infinitive | | | | the head of the processions of the King | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at head=Trajectory | | 8 | **account** | | | thy size and thy manners | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **proceed** | | the King | | | | | | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/5/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/)