--- title: They will say anything--even that thou hast lost all thy teeth, and… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They will say anything--even that thou hast lost all thy teeth, and wilt not face anything bigger than a kid, because (they are indeed shameless, these Bandar-log)--because thou art afraid of the he-goat’s horns,” Bagheera went on sweetly. Who acts: Baloo, Bagheera. 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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 (Baloo, Bagheera), 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:pg236:5:105 # text = They will say anything--even that thou hast lost all thy teeth, and wilt not face anything bigger than a kid, because (they are indeed shameless, these Bandar-log)--because thou art afraid of the he-goat’s horns,” Bagheera went on sweetly. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 wilt will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 face face VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 because because SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 shameless shameless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 33 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 41 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 51 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 53 on on ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | Baloo | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | present · passive | | that | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **face** | future | | anything | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anything=Destination | | 4 | **is** | present | Baloo | | | | | indeed, shameless *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go on** *in a quote* | past | Bagheera | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/106/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)