--- title: And at that last wild yell the whole line flung up their trunks till… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: And at that last wild yell the whole line flung up their trunks till the tips touched their foreheads, and broke out into the full salute--the crashing trumpet-peal that only the Viceroy of India hears, the Salaamut of the Keddah. Who acts: whole line, Viceroy. 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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 (whole line, Viceroy), 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:pg236:18:55 # text = And at that last wild yell the whole line flung up their trunks till the tips touched their foreheads, and broke out into the full salute--the crashing trumpet-peal that only the Viceroy of India hears, the Salaamut of the Keddah. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 10 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 till till ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 foreheads forehead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 salute salute NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 crashing crash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 31 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 peal peal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Viceroy Viceroy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Salaamut Salaamut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Keddah Keddah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling up** | participle | the whole line *not said here* | lines's trunks | | | till the tips | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | past | the whole line | lines's foreheads | | last wild yell | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forehead=Co-Theme | | 3 | **break out** | past | the whole line *not said here* | | | | | into the full salute *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into salute=Result | | 4 | **crash** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | present | the Viceroy of India | the crashing trumpet peal | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/56/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/)