--- title: The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air,… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along. Who acts: Rann, Mowgli, escort. 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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 (Rann, Mowgli, escort), 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:pg236:5:15 # text = The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 shrieked shriek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 swung swing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 Rann Rann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 no no ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 xcomp _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 telescope telescope NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 swaying swaying NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 treetops treetop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 escort escort NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 whirled whirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 52 along along ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shriek** | past · passive | | the last words | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **swing** | past · passive | | Mowgli | | the air | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme through air=Trajectory | | 3 | **nod** | past | Rann | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise up** | past | Rann *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | Mowgli | | | | | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **hang** | past | Mowgli | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **watch** | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | with Mowgli's telescope eyes | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **whirl** | past | Mowgli's escort | | | | | along *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/16/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)