--- title: Petersen Sahib came in on his clever she-elephant Pudmini; he had be… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Petersen Sahib came in on his clever she-elephant Pudmini; he had been paying off other camps among the hills, for the season was coming to an end, and there was a native clerk sitting at a table under a tree, to pay the drivers their wages. Who acts: Petersen, elephant, season, native clerk. 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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 (Petersen, elephant, season, native clerk), 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:pg236:16:73 # text = Petersen Sahib came in on his clever she-elephant Pudmini; he had been paying off other camps among the hills, for the season was coming to an end, and there was a native clerk sitting at a table under a tree, to pay the drivers their wages. 1 Petersen Petersen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Sahib Sahib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 Pudmini Pudmini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 16 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 camps camp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 among among ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 39 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | Petersen | | | | | on Petersen's clever she elephant | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on elephant=Location | | 2 | **pay off** | past · perfect · progressive | elephant | other camps | | | | among the hills | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Asset | | 3 | **come** | past · progressive | the season | | | | to a end | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **be** | past | a native clerk | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | a native clerk *not said here* | | | a table | | under a tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 6 | **pay** | to-infinitive | a native clerk *not said here* | | the drivers | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient wage=Asset | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/74/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/16/)