--- title: They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything at all; but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea, and he told all the others that Mowgli would be a useful person to keep in the tribe, because he could weave sticks together for protection from the wind; so, if --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/123/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/) / 123 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 123 They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything at all; but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea, and he told all the others that Mowgli would be a useful person to keep in the tribe, because he could weave sticks together for protection from the wind; so, if they caught him, they could make him teach them. **Who acts:** monkeys, Bandar log, one, log, that, Mowgli · **What happens:** not mean, do, invent, seem, tell, be · **To what, where:** anything, all, brilliant idea, log, others, useful person · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (monkeys, Bandar log, one, log), 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:pg236:4:123 # text = They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything at all; but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea, and he told all the others that Mowgli would be a useful person to keep in the tribe, because he could weave sticks together for protection from the wind; so, if they caught him, they could make him teach them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 iobj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 39 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 because because SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 weave weave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 55 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 56 together together ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 xcomp _ _ 75 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mean** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **mean** | present | the Bandar log | anything | | all | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 4 | **invent** | past | one of monkeys | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | | a brilliant idea | log | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | log | | all others | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | would | that | a useful person | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **keep** | to-infinitive | log *not said here* | | | the tribe | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tribe=Location | | 9 | **weave** | could | Mowgli | sticks | | | | for protection from the wind; together *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Product for protection=Beneficiary | | 10 | **catch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | monkeys *= monkey* | Mowgli | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **make** | could | monkeys *= monkey* | Mowgli | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/124/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)