--- title: Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am,” said Baloo, uncoiling… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am,” said Baloo, uncoiling himself with a jerk, “it is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says: `To each his own fear’; and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake. Who acts: Baloo, Fool, Hathi. 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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, Fool, Hathi), 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:pg236:5:59 # text = Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am,” said Baloo, uncoiling himself with a jerk, “it is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says: `To each his own fear’; and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake. 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 digging dig VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 Baloo Baloo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 uncoiling uncoil VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 jerk jerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 30 Hathi Hathi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 33 flat _ _ 33 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 ` ` PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 To to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 Bandar Bandar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 53 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Rock Rock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | root digging fool | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Baloo | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **uncoil** *in a quote* | gerund | Baloo *not said here* | fat | | | | with a jerk | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | Fool | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Hathi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **log** | | Baloo | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fear** | | Hathi | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/60/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)