--- title: He took his place at the Council Rock, too, when the Pack met, and t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He took his place at the Council Rock, too, when the Pack met, and there he discovered that if he stared hard at any wolf, the wolf would be forced to drop his eyes, and so he used to stare for fun. Who acts: Mowgli, Pack, wolf. 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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 (Mowgli, Pack, wolf), 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:pg236:2:58 # text = He took his place at the Council Rock, too, when the Pack met, and there he discovered that if he stared hard at any wolf, the wolf would be forced to drop his eyes, and so he used to stare for fun. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Rock Rock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Pack Pack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Mowgli | Mowgli's place | | the Council Rock | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent place=Theme at rock=Asset | | 2 | **meet** | past | the Pack | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **discover** | past | Mowgli | | | there | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stare** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Mowgli | | | | | at any wolf; hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wolf=Theme | | 5 | **force** | would · passive | | the wolf | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **drop** | to-infinitive | the wolf *not said here* | Mowgli's eyes | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 7 | **use** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **stare** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | for fun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/59/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/)