--- title: Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master W… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably saf --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/56/) [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/) / 56 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 56 Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, because neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him. **Who acts:** Bear, Master Words, Baloo, Mowgli, beast · **What happens:** turn, tell, beg, know, take down, get · **To what, where:** Bagheera, Master Words, Hathi, things, Snake Word, Elephant · **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 (Bear, Master Words, Baloo, 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:pg236:4:56 # text = Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, because neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 aside aside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Hathi Hathi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 19 flat _ _ 19 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 about about ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 Hathi Hathi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 33 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Word Word PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 because because SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 Baloo Baloo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 58 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 61 reasonably reasonably ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 63 against against ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 65 det _ _ 65 accidents accident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 72 case _ _ 71 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 72 det _ _ 72 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 79 cc _ _ 77 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 78 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 79 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 80 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Bear | | | | then | aside *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Bear *not said here* | | Bagheera | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bagheera=Recipient | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · perfect | Bear | the Master Words | | Hathi | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | | 4 | **know** | present | the Master Words | this things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **take down** | past · perfect · passive | | Hathi | | | | to a pool; down *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | | the Snake Word | | | | from a water snake | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent word=Theme from snake=Source | | 7 | **not** **pronounce** | could | Baloo | Elephant | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Mowgli | | | | | against all accidents in the jungle; reasonably, safe *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hurt** | would | beast | Bear | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/57/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)