--- title: “We sat down--a hundred of us,” the camel went on, “in a big square,… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “We sat down--a hundred of us,” the camel went on, “in a big square, and the men piled our packs and saddles, outside the square, and they fired over our backs, the men did, on all sides of the square.” Who acts: We, camel, men, packs. 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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 (We, camel, men, packs), 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:pg236:19:102 # text = “We sat down--a hundred of us,” the camel went on, “in a big square, and the men piled our packs and saddles, outside the square, and they fired over our backs, the men did, on all sides of the square.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 on on ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 piled pile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 packs pack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 saddles saddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 outside outside ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** *in a quote* | past | We | a hundred of us | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go on** | past | the camel | | | a big square | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in square=Location | | 3 | **pile** *in a quote* | past | the men | our packs and saddles | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pack=Theme | | 4 | **fire** *in a quote* | past | packs *= pack* | | | our backs | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over back=Destination | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the men | | | all sides of the square | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/103/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/)