--- title: But (and it is a great evil) he is in the power of the Bandar-log, a… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: But (and it is a great evil) he is in the power of the Bandar-log, and they, because they live in trees, have no fear of any of our people.” Who acts: fear, great evil, eyes. 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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 (fear, great evil, eyes), 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:pg236:5:56 # text = But (and it is a great evil) he is in the power of the Bandar-log, and they, because they live in trees, have no fear of any of our people.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | fear | a great evil | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | a great evil | | | the power | | of the Bandar log | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | trees | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | | 4 | **have** | present | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | no fear of any | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/57/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)