--- title: None of the beasts could reach them, but on the other hand none of t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: None of the beasts could reach them, but on the other hand none of the beasts would notice them, and that was why they were so pleased when Mowgli came to play with them, and they heard how angry Baloo was. Who acts: None, that, monkeys, Mowgli. 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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 (None, that, monkeys, Mowgli), 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:pg236:4:122 # text = None of the beasts could reach them, but on the other hand none of the beasts would notice them, and that was why they were so pleased when Mowgli came to play with them, and they heard how angry Baloo was. 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 parataxis _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl:relcl _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 41 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 42 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Baloo Baloo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | could | None | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | would | none | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **play** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | with monkeys *= monkey* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | hear *property* | tree rules | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/123/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)