--- title: He whistled with surprise when he saw Mowgli being dragged up to a t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He whistled with surprise when he saw Mowgli being dragged up to a treetop and heard him give the Kite call for--“We be of one blood, thou and I.” The waves of the branches closed over the boy, but Rann balanced away to the next tree in time to see the little brown face come up again. 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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, We), 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:pg236:5:6 # text = He whistled with surprise when he saw Mowgli being dragged up to a treetop and heard him give the Kite call for--“We be of one blood, thou and I.” The waves of the branches closed over the boy, but Rann balanced away to the next tree in time to see the little brown face come up again. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 treetop treetop NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 Rann Rann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 balanced balance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 61 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 62 up up ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 again again ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whistle** | past | Rann | | | | | with surprise | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with surprise=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Rann | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **drag up** | gerund · passive | | Mowgli | | a treetop | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to treetop=Destination | | 4 | **hear** | past | Rann *not said here* | Rann | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | Rann *not said here* | the Kite call | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | We | | | | | for one blood | tree rules | | 7 | **close** | participle | | the branches *not said here* | | | | over the boy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **balance away** | past | Rann | | | | | to the next tree in time; away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | Rann *not said here* | the little brown face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 10 | **come up** | present | Rann *not said here* | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **wave** | | | the branches | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/7/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)