--- title: Little Vixen, my fox terrier, went out through the other side; and t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Little Vixen, my fox terrier, went out through the other side; and then there was a roaring and a grunting and bubbling, and I saw the tent cave in, as the pole snapped, and begin to dance about like a mad ghost. Who acts: Little Vixen, I, pole. 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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 (Little Vixen, I, pole), 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:pg236:18:94 # text = Little Vixen, my fox terrier, went out through the other side; and then there was a roaring and a grunting and bubbling, and I saw the tent cave in, as the pole snapped, and begin to dance about like a mad ghost. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Vixen Vixen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 terrier terrier NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 grunting grunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 bubbling bubbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 in in ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | Little Vixen | | | the other side | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | a roaring and a grunting and bubbling | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | I | the tent cave | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cave=Stimulus | | 4 | **snap** | past | the pole | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **begin** | infinitive | the pole *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **dance** | to-infinitive | the pole *not said here* | | | | | like a mad ghost; about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/95/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/18/)