--- title: Then Kala Nag reached the crest of the ascent and stopped for a minu… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kala Nag reached the crest of the ascent and stopped for a minute, and Little Toomai could see the tops of the trees lying all speckled and furry under the moonlight for miles and miles, and the blue-white mist over the river in the hollow. Who acts: Kala, Little Toomai, trees. 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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 (Kala, Little Toomai, trees), 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:pg236:17:35 # text = Then Kala Nag reached the crest of the ascent and stopped for a minute, and Little Toomai could see the tops of the trees lying all speckled and furry under the moonlight for miles and miles, and the blue-white mist over the river in the hollow. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Kala Kala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Nag Nag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crest crest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ascent ascent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Toomai Toomai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 speckled speckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 furry furry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 under under ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Kala | the crest of the ascent | | | then | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent crest=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | past | Kala *not said here* | | | | minute | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | could | Little Toomai | the tops of the trees | | | | the white mist over the river in the hollow *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | the trees *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **speckle** | participle | the trees *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/36/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/)