--- title: “Beyond doubt then it is no small thing that takes two such hunters-… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Beyond doubt then it is no small thing that takes two such hunters--leaders in their own jungle I am certain--on the trail of the Bandar-log,” Kaa replied courteously, as he swelled with curiosity. Who acts: log, small thing, Kaa. A sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/110/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/) / 110 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 5, sentence 110 “Beyond doubt then it is no small thing that takes two such hunters--leaders in their own jungle I am certain--on the trail of the Bandar-log,” Kaa replied courteously, as he swelled with curiosity. **Who acts:** log, small thing, Kaa · **What happens:** be, take, reply, swell · **To what, where:** small thing, two such hunters, own jungle, trail · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (log, small thing, Kaa), 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:pg236:5:110 # text = “Beyond doubt then it is no small thing that takes two such hunters--leaders in their own jungle I am certain--on the trail of the Bandar-log,” Kaa replied courteously, as he swelled with curiosity. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 35 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 37 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 swelled swell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | log | no small thing | | | then | beyond doubt | tree rules | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | no small thing | two such hunters and leaders | | leaders's own jungle | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Kaa | | | the trail of the Bandar log | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Kaa | | | | | courteously *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **swell** | past | Kaa | | | | | with curiosity | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/111/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)