--- title: “My head is ringing like a bee tree,” said a sullen little voice ove… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My head is ringing like a bee tree,” said a sullen little voice over their heads, and Mowgli slid down a tree trunk very angry and indignant, adding as he reached the ground: “I come for Bagheera and not for thee, fat old Baloo!” Who acts: head, sullen little voice, 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 (head, sullen little voice, 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:pg236:4:37 # text = “My head is ringing like a bee tree,” said a sullen little voice over their heads, and Mowgli slid down a tree trunk very angry and indignant, adding as he reached the ground: “I come for Bagheera and not for thee, fat old Baloo!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 sullen sullen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 indignant indignant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Baloo baloo NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** *in a quote* | present · progressive | My head | | | | | like a bee tree | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a sullen little voice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **slide down** | past | Mowgli | a tree trunk | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Agent | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **reach** | past | Mowgli | the ground | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | a sullen little voice *= voice* | | | | | for Bagheera | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/38/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)