--- title: If I was like my captain--he can see things inside his head before t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: If I was like my captain--he can see things inside his head before the firing begins, and he shakes all over, but he knows too much to run away--if I was like him I could pull the guns. Who acts: I, Billy, firing. 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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 (I, Billy, firing), 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:pg236:20:29 # text = If I was like my captain--he can see things inside his head before the firing begins, and he shakes all over, but he knows too much to run away--if I was like him I could pull the guns. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 inside inside ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 firing firing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 shakes shake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 advcl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | | | | | like my captain | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | can | Billy | things | | Billy's head | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 3 | **begin** | present | the firing | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **shake** | present | firing | | | | | over *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | present | firing | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 6 | **run away** | to-infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | | | | | like Billy | tree rules | | 8 | **pull** | could | I | the guns | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/30/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/20/)