--- title: Naught he found too lofty, none he saw too low-- Parbati beside him… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Naught he found too lofty, none he saw too low-- Parbati beside him watched them come and go; Thought to cheat her husband, turning Shiv to jest-- Stole the little grasshopper and hid it in her breast. Who acts: Naught, none, Parbati, men. 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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 (Naught, none, Parbati, men), 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:pg236:18:66 # text = Naught he found too lofty, none he saw too low-- Parbati beside him watched them come and go; Thought to cheat her husband, turning Shiv to jest-- Stole the little grasshopper and hid it in her breast. 1 Naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Parbati Parbati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 beside beside ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 cheat cheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 29 Shiv shiv NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 jest jest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 grasshopper grasshopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Naught | | | | | lofty *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | none | | | | | low *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **watch** | past | Parbati beside Mahadeo | men *= man* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | Naught *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **cheat** | to-infinitive | Naught *not said here* | Parbati's husband | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Source | | 8 | **turn** | gerund | Naught *not said here* | Shiv | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shiv=Theme | | 9 | **jest** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Naught *not said here* | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **steal** | past | | the little grasshopper | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location grasshopper=Theme | | 11 | **hide** | past | | Grasshopper | | Parbati's breast | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in breast=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/67/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/)