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title: But, since native children have no nerves worth speaking of, in two… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But, since native children have no nerves worth speaking of, in two hours he was lying very contentedly in Petersen Sahib’s hammock with Petersen Sahib’s shooting-coat under his head, and a glass of warm milk, a little brandy, with a dash of quinine, inside of him, and while the old hairy, scarred h
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# The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 18, sentence 15

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But, since native children have no nerves worth speaking of, in two hours he was lying very contentedly in Petersen Sahib’s hammock with Petersen Sahib’s shooting-coat under his head, and a glass of warm milk, a little brandy, with a dash of quinine, inside of him, and while the old hairy, scarred hunters of the jungles sat three deep before him, looking at him as though he were a spirit, he told his tale in short words, as a child will, and wound up with:

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**Who acts:** native children, nerves, Kala, old hairy scarred hunters · **What happens:** have, speak, lie, sit, look, be · **To what, where:** nerves, hammock, three, spirit, tale, short words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (native children, nerves, Kala, old hairy scarred hunters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg236:18:15
# text = But, since native children have no nerves worth speaking of, in two hours he was lying very contentedly in Petersen Sahib’s hammock with Petersen Sahib’s shooting-coat under his head, and a glass of warm milk, a little brandy, with a dash of quinine, inside of him, and while the old hairy, scarred hunters of the jungles sat three deep before him, looking at him as though he were a spirit, he told his tale in short words, as a child will, and wound up with:
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	nerves	nerve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	contentedly	contentedly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	_
23	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
25	hammock	hammock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
27	Petersen	Petersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod:poss	_	_
28	Sahib	Sahib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
30	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
33	under	under	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	brandy	brandy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	dash	dash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	quinine	quinine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
59	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
61	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
62	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
64	scarred	scarred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	jungles	jungle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	_
69	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	conj	_	_
70	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	69	obj	_	_
71	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
72	before	before	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
75	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	69	advcl	_	_
76	at	at	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	obl	_	_
78	as	as	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
79	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	83	mark	_	_
80	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	83	nsubj	_	_
81	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	cop	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
85	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	86	nsubj	_	_
86	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	parataxis	_	_
87	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	88	nmod:poss	_	_
88	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	86	iobj	_	_
89	in	in	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
90	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
91	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	86	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	96	punct	_	_
93	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	96	mark	_	_
94	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	nsubj	_	_
96	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	86	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	99	punct	_	_
98	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	99	cc	_	_
99	wound	woun	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	86	parataxis	_	_
100	up	up	ADP	RP	_	99	compound:prt	_	_
101	with	with	ADP	IN	_	99	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | native children | no nerves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | no nerves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lie** | past · progressive | Kala |  |  | Petersen's hammock | hour | with Petersen's shooting coat; under Kala's head; contentedly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hammock=Location |
| 4 | **sit** | past | the old hairy scarred hunters of the jungles | three |  |  | before Kala |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent three=Theme before he=Location |
| 5 | **look** | gerund | the old hairy scarred hunters of the jungles *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Kala | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | past | Kala | a spirit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Kala |  | Kala's tale | short words |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient |
| 8 | **woun up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **tell** |  | Kala |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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