--- title: The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/40/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/) / 40 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 17, sentence 40 The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to side and plowed out his pathway. **Who acts:** undergrowth, saplings, great trails, skin · **What happens:** rip, tear, heave away, leave, spring back, bang · **To what, where:** saplings, skin, flank, creepers, tusks, head This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (undergrowth, saplings, great trails, skin), 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:pg236:17:40 # text = The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to side and plowed out his pathway. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 undergrowth undergrowth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 ripped rip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 canvas canvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 saplings sapling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 heaved heave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 banged bang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 flank flank NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 trails trail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 creepers creeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 matted mat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 47 together together ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 49 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 plowed plow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 64 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 pathway pathway NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rip** | past | the undergrowth on either side of skin | | | | | with a noise; like torn canvas | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with noise=Instrument | | 2 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **heave away** | past | undergrowth | the saplings | | | | away, right *property* | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | participle | undergrowth *not said here* | | | | | with skin's shoulders | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with shoulder=Theme | | 5 | **spring back** | past | the saplings | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bang** | past | the saplings *not said here* | skin | | the flank | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme on flank=Trajectory | | 7 | **mat** | participle | | creepers *not said here* | | | | all, together *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hang** | past | great trails of creepers | | | skin's tusks | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **throw** | past | skin | skin's head | | side | | to side | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme from side=Initial\_Location to side=Destination | | 10 | **plow out** | participle | skin *not said here* | skin's pathway | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent pathway=Initial\_Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/41/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/17/)