--- title: Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hiss… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hissing word, and the far-away monkeys, hurrying to the defense of the Cold Lairs, stayed where they were, cowering, till the loaded branches bent and crackled under them. Who acts: Kaa, monkeys. 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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, monkeys), 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:pg236:6:106 # text = Then Kaa opened his mouth for the first time and spoke one long hissing word, and the far-away monkeys, hurrying to the defense of the Cold Lairs, stayed where they were, cowering, till the loaded branches bent and crackled under them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 defense defense NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Lairs lair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 cowering cower VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 till till ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 crackled crackle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 47 under under ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | Kaa | Kaa's mouth | | | then; time | the far monkeys *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Kaa *not said here* | one long hissing word | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hurry** | gerund | Kaa *not said here* | | | the defense of the Cold Lairs | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to defense=Destination | | 4 | **stay** | past | Kaa *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cower** | past · progressive | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | till the loaded branches | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **load** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bend** | participle | | the loaded branches *not said here* | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **crackle** | participle | | | | | | under monkeys *= monkey* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under they=Location | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/107/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)