--- title: “See here, you son of an imported Malaga jackass,” he said between h… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “See here, you son of an imported Malaga jackass,” he said between his teeth, “I’d have you know that I’m related on my mother’s side to Carbine, winner of the Melbourne Cup, and where I come from we aren’t accustomed to being ridden over roughshod by any parrot-mouthed, pig-headed mule in a pop-gun --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/158/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/) / 158 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 19, sentence 158 “See here, you son of an imported Malaga jackass,” he said between his teeth, “I’d have you know that I’m related on my mother’s side to Carbine, winner of the Melbourne Cup, and where I come from we aren’t accustomed to being ridden over roughshod by any parrot-mouthed, pig-headed mule in a pop-gun pea-shooter battery. **Who acts:** you, horse, mouthed headed mule · **What happens:** see, son, import, say, have, know · **To what, where:** side, we, roughshod · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, horse, mouthed headed mule), 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:pg236:19:158 # text = “See here, you son of an imported Malaga jackass,” he said between his teeth, “I’d have you know that I’m related on my mother’s side to Carbine, winner of the Melbourne Cup, and where I come from we aren’t accustomed to being ridden over roughshod by any parrot-mouthed, pig-headed mule in a pop-gun pea-shooter battery. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 imported import VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 10 Malaga Malaga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 jackass jackass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’d would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Carbine Carbine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Cup Cup PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 48 from from SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 51 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 53 to to SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 xcomp _ _ 56 over over ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 roughshod roughshod ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obl _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 59 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 67 det _ _ 60 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 mouthed mouth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 amod _ _ 67 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 70 pop pop NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 73 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 shooter shooter NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 76 battery battery NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **son** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | of a imported Malaga jackass | tree rules | | 3 | **import** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | horse | | | | | between horse's teeth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | would | horse | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | horse | | | my mother's side to Carbine | | related *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | present | horse | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **accustom** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **ride** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | any mouthed headed mule in a shooter battery | | | roughshod | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over roughshod=Trajectory | | 11 | **mouth** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **head** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: 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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/159/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/)