--- title: We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our for… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service: they ne’er were loosed again,-- Make way there--way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train! Who acts: We, necks. 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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 (We, necks), 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:pg236:20:175 # text = We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service: they ne’er were loosed again,-- Make way there--way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train! 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 foreheads forehead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ne’er ne'er VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 loosed loose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 teams team NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 47 Of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 49 Forty forty NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Pounder pounder NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | We | the strength of Hercules | Alexander | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to alexander=Recipient | | 2 | **bow** | past | We | our necks | service | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent neck=Topic to service=Recipient | | 3 | **ne'er** | present | necks *= neck* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **loose** | past · passive | necks *= neck* *not said here* | | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | necks *= neck* *not said here* | way | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | 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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/176/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/)