--- title: The first time I ever saw a man (it was in Australia when I was a th… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The first time I ever saw a man (it was in Australia when I was a three-year-old) I ran for half a day, and if I’d seen a camel, I should have been running still.” Who acts: I, dark, man. 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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 (I, dark, man), 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:pg236:19:14 # text = The first time I ever saw a man (it was in Australia when I was a three-year-old) I ran for half a day, and if I’d seen a camel, I should have been running still.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 29 det:predet _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’d have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux _ _ 43 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | | ever; time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | dark | | | Australia | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | I | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | past | a man | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run** | should · perfect · progressive | I | | | | still | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/15/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/)