--- title: Next morning he gave him a scolding and said, “Are not good brick el… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning he gave him a scolding and said, “Are not good brick elephant lines and a little tent carrying enough, that thou must needs go elephant catching on thy own account, little worthless? Who acts: Kya, little tent, that, elephant. 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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 (Kya, little tent, that, elephant), 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:pg236:16:41 # text = Next morning he gave him a scolding and said, “Are not good brick elephant lines and a little tent carrying enough, that thou must needs go elephant catching on thy own account, little worthless? 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 scolding scolding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 brick brick NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 enough enough ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 30 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 worthless worthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Kya | a scolding | Kala | | morning | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient scolding=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Kya *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | | good brick elephant lines and a little tent | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** *in a quote* | gerund | a little tent *not said here* | | | | | enough *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **need** *in a quote* | must | that | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | elephant | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location elephant=Theme | | 7 | **catch** *in a quote* | gerund | elephant *not said here* | | | thy own account | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **account** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/42/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/)