--- title: He shall take no harm in the Keddah when he runs under their bellies… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He shall take no harm in the Keddah when he runs under their bellies to rope the wild tuskers; and if he slips before the feet of the charging bull elephant, the bull elephant shall know who he is and shall not crush him. Who acts: grandfather, bull 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 (grandfather, bull 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:pg236:18:44 # text = He shall take no harm in the Keddah when he runs under their bellies to rope the wild tuskers; and if he slips before the feet of the charging bull elephant, the bull elephant shall know who he is and shall not crush him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Keddah Keddah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bellies belly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 tuskers tusker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 slips slip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 31 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 38 ccomp _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 crush crush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | grandfather | no harm | | the Keddah | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent harm=Value in keddah=Location | | 2 | **run** | present | grandfather | the wild tuskers | | Keddahs's bellies | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tusker=Theme under belly=Trajectory | | 3 | **slip** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | grandfather | | | | before the feet of the charging bull elephant | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **charge** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | shall | the bull elephant | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | present | grandfather | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **crush** | shall | grandfather *not said here* | grandfather | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/45/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/)