--- title: As me and my companions were scrambling up a hill, The path was lost… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: As me and my companions were scrambling up a hill, The path was lost in rolling stones, but we went forward still; For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere, Oh, it’s our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare! Who acts: me, we, our. 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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 (me, we, our), 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:pg236:20:182 # text = As me and my companions were scrambling up a hill, The path was lost in rolling stones, but we went forward still; For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere, Oh, it’s our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare! 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 scrambling scramble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 rolling rolling NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 forward forward ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 For for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 wriggle wriggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scramble up** | past · progressive | me | a hill | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hill=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | past · passive | | the path | | rolling stones | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **go** | past | we | | | | still | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wriggle** | can | we | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **climb** | infinitive | we *not said here* | my lads | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn up** | present | we *not said here* | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **spare** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **delight** | | our | | | | | | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/181/) - next →: [sentence 183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/183/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/)