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title: “O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in yo… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price. Who acts: Bagheera, Akela, Law, doubt. A sentence of «The Jung
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# The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 2, sentence 18

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“O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.

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**Who acts:** Bagheera, Akela, Law, doubt · **What happens:** purr, have, say, be, kill, not be · **To what, where:** right, assembly, killing matter, regard, life, price · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bagheera, Akela, Law, doubt), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg236:2:18
# text = “O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	3	case	_	_
3	Akela	Akela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	People	People	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	purred	purr	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Jungle	Jungle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
30	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	34	expl	_	_
34	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	ccomp	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
39	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	amod	_	_
42	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	acl:relcl	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	54	det	_	_
54	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	aux:pass	_	_
57	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	acl:relcl	_	_
58	at	at	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purr** | past | Bagheera |  |  |  |  | of Akela | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Akela | no right |  | your assembly |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the Law of the Jungle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | a doubt |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | a doubt | a killing matter |  | regard to a new cub |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **buy** *in a quote* | may · passive |  | the life of that cub |  | a price |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at price=Asset |

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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.

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**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.

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