--- title: He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack when his strength goes from him and he gets feebler and feebler, till at last he is killed by the wolves and a new leader comes up--to be killed in his turn. Who acts: Akela, time, strength, wolves. 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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 (Akela, time, strength, wolves), 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:pg236:2:49 # text = He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack when his strength goes from him and he gets feebler and feebler, till at last he is killed by the wolves and a new leader comes up--to be killed in his turn. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 feebler feeble ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 xcomp _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 feebler feeble ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Akela | | | | time | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | present | the time | | | every leader of every pack | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to leader=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | present | Akela's strength | | | | | from Akela | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **get** | present | Akela | | | | | feeble *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **kill** | present · passive | the wolves and a new leader | Akela | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 6 | **come up** | present | last | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive · passive | last *not said here* | | | Akela's turn | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/50/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/)