--- title: More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes of killing a brother against whom there is no fault--a brother spoken for and bought into the Pack according to the Law of the Jungle.” Who acts: I, shame, brother. 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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, shame, brother), 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:pg236:3:103 # text = More I cannot do; but if ye will, I can save ye the shame that comes of killing a brother against whom there is no fault--a brother spoken for and bought into the Pack according to the Law of the Jungle.” 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 33 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 case _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Jungle Jungle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | can | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** | can · future | I | ye | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent ye=Beneficiary shame=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present | the shame | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **kill** | gerund | the shame *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | a brother | no fault and a brother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | a brother *not said here* | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **buy** | participle | | | | the Pack accord the Law of the Jungle | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/104/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/)