--- title: Then you stand still and keep quiet--never ask a man to hold your he… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then you stand still and keep quiet--never ask a man to hold your head, young un--keep quiet while the guns are being put together, and then you watch the little poppy shells drop down into the tree-tops ever so far below.” Who acts: you, little poppy shells. 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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 (you, little poppy shells), 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:pg236:19:75 # text = Then you stand still and keep quiet--never ask a man to hold your head, young un--keep quiet while the guns are being put together, and then you watch the little poppy shells drop down into the tree-tops ever so far below.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 un un NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 29 together together ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 watch watch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 poppy poppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 46 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 below below ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | you | | | | then; still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a man | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your head and young un | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 5 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **put together** | present · passive | | the guns | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 7 | **watch** | present | you | | | | then | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drop down** | present | the little poppy shells | | | the tree tops | | below, down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into top=Trajectory | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/76/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/19/)