--- title: They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, a… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/74/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/) / 74 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 5, sentence 74 They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come. **Who acts:** Baloo, Bagheera, last ten days · **What happens:** find, stretch out, admire, be, change, dart · **To what, where:** Bagheera, warm ledge, beautiful new coat, skin, big nosed head, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baloo, Bagheera, last ten days), 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:pg236:5:74 # text = They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 admiring admire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 retirement retirement NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 32 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 darting dart VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 45 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 46 blunt blunt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 nosed nose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 50 along along ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 twisting twist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 into into ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 fantastic fantastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 knots knot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 curves curve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 licking lick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 72 as as SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 79 mark _ _ 79 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Baloo | Bagheera | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **stretch out** | participle | Bagheera *not said here* | | | a warm ledge in the afternoon sun | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **admire** | gerund | Baloo *not said here* | Bagheera's beautiful new coat | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | Bagheera | | | | day | for retirement | tree rules | | 5 | **change** | gerund | the last ten days *not said here* | Bagheera's skin | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | Bagheera | | | | now | splendid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **dart** | gerund | Bagheera *not said here* | Bagheera's big nosed head | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme along ground=Trajectory | | 8 | **nose** | participle | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **twist** | gerund | Bagheera *not said here* | the thirty feet of Bagheera's body | | fantastic knots and curves | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent foot=Theme into knot=Trajectory | | 10 | **lick** | gerund | Bagheera *not said here* | Bagheera's lips | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 11 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Bagheera | | | | | of Bagheera's dinner | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/75/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)