--- title: Kaa was not a poison snake--in fact he rather despised the poison sn… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Kaa was not a poison snake--in fact he rather despised the poison snakes as cowards--but his strength lay in his hug, and when he had once lapped his huge coils round anybody there was no more to be said. Who acts: Kaa, strength, more. 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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 (Kaa, strength, more), 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:pg236:5:78 # text = Kaa was not a poison snake--in fact he rather despised the poison snakes as cowards--but his strength lay in his hug, and when he had once lapped his huge coils round anybody there was no more to be said. 1 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 rather rather ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 cowards coward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hug hug NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 advmod _ _ 32 lapped lap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 coils coil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 round round ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 obl _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 40 no no ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 nsubj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Kaa | a poison snake and fact | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **despise** | past | Kaa | the poison snakes | | | | as cowards | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snake=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | past | Kaa's strength | | | Kaa's hug | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hug=Location | | 4 | **have** | past | strength | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lap** | past | Kaa's strength *not said here* | Kaa's huge coils | | | | round anybody; once *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coil=Patient | | 6 | **be** | past | more | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | more *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 8 | **hug** | | Kaa | | | | | | nom hug «act 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/79/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/5/)