--- title: Besides, the monkeys lived there as much as they could be said to li… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Besides, the monkeys lived there as much as they could be said to live anywhere, and no self-respecting animal would come within eyeshot of it except in times of drought, when the half-ruined tanks and reservoirs held a little water. Who acts: monkeys, respecting animal, ruined tanks. 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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 (monkeys, respecting animal, ruined tanks), 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:pg236:5:173 # text = Besides, the monkeys lived there as much as they could be said to live anywhere, and no self-respecting animal would come within eyeshot of it except in times of drought, when the half-ruined tanks and reservoirs held a little water. 1 Besides besides INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 20 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 respecting respect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 26 within within ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 eyeshot eyeshot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 except except ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 drought drought NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 tanks tank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 reservoirs reservoir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 44 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the monkeys | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | could · passive | | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | | | | | | anywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **respect** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | would | no respecting animal | | | | time | within eyeshot of eyeshot | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hold** | past | the ruined tanks and reservoirs | a little water | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/174/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)