--- title: Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to the Council first are old too, and the young wolves believe, as Shere Khan has taught them, that a man-cub has no place with the Pack. Who acts: wolves, Many, young wolves, man cub. 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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 (wolves, Many, young wolves, man cub), 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:pg236:2:92 # text = Many of the wolves that looked thee over when thou wast brought to the Council first are old too, and the young wolves believe, as Shere Khan has taught them, that a man-cub has no place with the Pack. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 Shere Shere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look over** | past | the wolves | thee | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Attribute | | 2 | **bring** | past · passive | | thou | the Council | | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to council=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | Many of the wolves | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **believe** | present | the young wolves | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | Shere | wolves *= wolf* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Topic | | 6 | **have** | present | a man cub | no place | | | | with the Pack | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/93/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/2/)