--- title: The big, serious, old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pu… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The big, serious, old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pupil, for the young wolves will only learn as much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe, and run away as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse--“Feet that make no noise; eyes that can see in the dark; e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/7/) [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/) / 7 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 4, sentence 7 The big, serious, old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pupil, for the young wolves will only learn as much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe, and run away as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse--“Feet that make no noise; eyes that can see in the dark; ears that can hear the winds in their lairs, and sharp white teeth, all these things are the marks of our brothers except Tabaqui the Jackal and the Hyaena whom we hate.” **Who acts:** big serious brown bear, young wolves, wolves, Feet, eyes, ears · **What happens:** be, have, learn, apply, run away, repeat · **To what, where:** pupil, much, Hunting Verse, noise, dark, winds · **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 (big serious brown bear, young wolves, wolves, Feet), 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:pg236:4:7 # text = The big, serious, old brown bear was delighted to have so quick a pupil, for the young wolves will only learn as much of the Law of the Jungle as applies to their own pack and tribe, and run away as soon as they can repeat the Hunting Verse--“Feet that make no noise; eyes that can see in the dark; ears that can hear the winds in their lairs, and sharp white teeth, all these things are the marks of our brothers except Tabaqui the Jackal and the Hyaena whom we hate.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 quick quick ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Jungle Jungle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 applies apply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 Hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Verse Verse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 60 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 62 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 63 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 64 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 73 punct _ _ 70 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ _ 71 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 72 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 lairs lair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 82 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 85 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 87 det:predet _ _ 86 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 87 det _ _ 87 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 nsubj _ _ 88 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 90 cop _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 conj _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 93 nmod:poss _ _ 93 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 nmod _ _ 94 except except ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 95 Tabaqui Tabaqui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 Jackal Jackal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 95 appos _ _ 98 and and CCONJ CC _ 100 cc _ _ 99 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 100 det _ _ 100 Hyaena Hyaena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 95 conj _ _ 101 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 103 obj _ _ 102 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 103 nsubj _ _ 103 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 104 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 105 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the big serious brown bear | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the big serious brown bear *not said here* | a pupil | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Patient | | 3 | **learn** | future | the young wolves | much of the Law of the Jungle | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic | | 4 | **apply** | present | the young wolves *not said here* | | | | | to wolves's own pack and tribe | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run away** | present | the big serious brown bear *not said here* | | | | | away, soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **repeat** | can | wolves *= wolf* | the Hunting Verse | | | | Feet *obl* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Feet | no noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | can | eyes | | | the dark | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **hear** *in a quote* | can | ears | the winds and sharp white teeth and the marks | | ears's lairs | | except Tabaqui and the Hyaena | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | all things | the marks | | | | of our brothers | tree rules | | 11 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/8/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)