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title: So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics
description: So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to
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# The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 11

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So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them.

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**Who acts:** Baloo · **What happens:** teach, tell, speak, come, say, mang · **To what, where:** Wood Laws, Teacher, rotten branch, fifty feet, hive, Bat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baloo), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg236:4:11
# text = So Baloo, the Teacher of the Law, taught him the Wood and Water Laws: how to tell a rotten branch from a sound one; how to speak politely to the wild bees when he came upon a hive of them fifty feet above ground; what to say to Mang the Bat when he disturbed him in the branches at midday; and how to warn the water-snakes in the pools before he splashed down among them.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Teacher	Teacher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	Laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
18	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	31	advmod	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
32	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
37	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	39	advmod	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
40	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nmod	_	_
45	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl:unmarked	_	_
47	above	above	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
50	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	52	obj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	Mang	mang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	xcomp	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	59	mark	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	_
64	at	at	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	70	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
68	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	70	advmod	_	_
69	to	to	PART	TO	_	70	mark	_	_
70	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
72	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	72	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obj	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	nmod	_	_
78	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	80	mark	_	_
79	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	80	nsubj	_	_
80	splashed	splash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	advcl	_	_
81	down	down	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	_
82	among	among	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
83	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Baloo | the Wood Laws | Teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient law=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | a rotten branch |  |  |  | from a sound one | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent branch=Recipient |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the wild bees; politely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to bee=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **come** | past | Baloo | fifty feet above ground |  | a hive of bees |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon hive=Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **mang** | to-infinitive |  | the Bat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **disturb** | past | Baloo | Teacher |  | the branches at midday |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 8 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | Baloo *not said here* |  | the water snakes |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snake=Recipient |
| 9 | **splash down** | past | Baloo |  |  |  |  | among pools *= pool*; down *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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