--- title: But for the sake of the Honor of the Pack,--a little matter that by… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: But for the sake of the Honor of the Pack,--a little matter that by being without a leader ye have forgotten,--I promise that if ye let the man-cub go to his own place, I will not, when my time comes to die, bare one tooth against ye. Who acts: leader, I, ye, 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 (leader, I, ye, 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:pg236:3:100 # text = But for the sake of the Honor of the Pack,--a little matter that by being without a leader ye have forgotten,--I promise that if ye let the man-cub go to his own place, I will not, when my time comes to die, bare one tooth against ye. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Pack Pack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 dep _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 19 without without ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 when when SCONJ WRB _ 50 mark _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 bare bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 55 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 against against ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | by a leader | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive | a leader *not said here* | ye | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | ye | the man cub | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | the man cub *not said here* | | | cub's own place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **come** | present | my time | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | to-infinitive | my time *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **bear** | infinitive | my time *not said here* | one tooth | | | | against ye | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 9 | **honor** | | | the Pack | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/101/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/)