--- title: “And then, and then, they gave me nuts and pleasant things to eat, a… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “And then, and then, they gave me nuts and pleasant things to eat, and they--they carried me in their arms up to the top of the trees and said I was their blood brother except that I had no tail, and should be their leader some day.” Who acts: cubs. 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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 (cubs), 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:pg236:4:80 # text = “And then, and then, they gave me nuts and pleasant things to eat, and they--they carried me in their arms up to the top of the trees and said I was their blood brother except that I had no tail, and should be their leader some day.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 41 except except ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nmod _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 53 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | cubs *= cub* | nuts and pleasant things | cubs *= cub* | | then; then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nut=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | cubs *= cub* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **carry** *in a quote* | past | cubs *= cub* | cubs *= cub* | | cubs's arms | | to the top of the trees | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to top=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | cubs *= cub* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | cubs *= cub* | cubs's blood brother | | | | except that | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | cubs *= cub* | no tail | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | should | | cubs's leader | | | day | | tree rules | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/81/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/4/)