--- title: I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched ou… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it--“still I should like to know.” Who acts: I, Bagheera. 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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, Bagheera), 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:pg236:4:34 # text = I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it--“still I should like to know.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 22 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ripping ripping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 chisel chisel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 talons talon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | help | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | help | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 4 | **stretch out** *in a quote* | past | Bagheera | one paw | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paw=Patient | | 5 | **admire** *in a quote* | past | Bagheera *not said here* | the blue chisel talons | | | at the end of end | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer talon=Stimulus | | 6 | **like** | should | I | | | | still | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/35/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)