--- title: I came very near to falling on my last hunt--very near indeed--and t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: I came very near to falling on my last hunt--very near indeed--and the noise of my slipping, for my tail was not tight wrapped around the tree, waked the Bandar-log, and they called me most evil names.” Who acts: I, my, noise, tree. 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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, my, noise, tree), 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:pg236:5:100 # text = I came very near to falling on my last hunt--very near indeed--and the noise of my slipping, for my tail was not tight wrapped around the tree, waked the Bandar-log, and they called me most evil names.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hunt hunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 slipping slip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 29 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 around around ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 waked wake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | I | | | | | indeed, near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | my last hunt | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hunt=Location | | 3 | **slip** | gerund | my | the noise *not said here* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent noise=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | the noise | | | | | tight *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **wrap** | participle | | | | the tree | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around tree=Destination | | 6 | **wake** | participle | the tree *not said here* | the Bandar log | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent log=Patient | | 7 | **call** | past | tails *= tail* | me | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme name=Result | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/101/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)