--- title: “Dick Cunliffe’s on my back then, and drives his knees into me, and… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Dick Cunliffe’s on my back then, and drives his knees into me, and all I have to do is to watch where I am putting my feet, and to keep my hind legs well under me, and be bridle-wise.” Who acts: troop horse, all. 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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 (troop horse, all), 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:pg236:19:46 # text = “Dick Cunliffe’s on my back then, and drives his knees into me, and all I have to do is to watch where I am putting my feet, and to keep my hind legs well under me, and be bridle-wise.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dick Dick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Cunliffe Cunliffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj:outer _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** *in a quote* | present | | back's knees | | | then | into the troop horse *= horse* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent knee=Theme into i=Trajectory | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the troop horse *= horse* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the troop horse *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all | | | | | watch *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the troop horse *= horse* | my feet | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent foot=Goal | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | my hind legs | | | | under the troop horse *= horse*; well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leg=Theme under i=Location | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/47/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/)