--- title: He found a branch that satisfied him, and in the evening when Tabaqu… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He found a branch that satisfied him, and in the evening when Tabaqui came to the cave and told him rudely enough that he was wanted at the Council Rock, he laughed till Tabaqui ran away. Who acts: Mowgli, branch, Tabaqui. 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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 (Mowgli, branch, Tabaqui), 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:pg236:3:36 # text = He found a branch that satisfied him, and in the evening when Tabaqui came to the cave and told him rudely enough that he was wanted at the Council Rock, he laughed till Tabaqui ran away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 satisfied satisfy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 Tabaqui Tabaqui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 enough enough ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Rock Rock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 Tabaqui Tabaqui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Mowgli | a branch | | | evening | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Topic | | 2 | **satisfy** | past | a branch | Mowgli | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | past | Tabaqui | | | the cave | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cave=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Mowgli *not said here* | | Mowgli | | | enough, rudely *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** | past · passive | | Mowgli | | the Council Rock | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **laugh** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **run away** | past | Tabaqui | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/37/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/3/)