--- title: From the palace you could see the rows and rows of roofless houses t… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: From the palace you could see the rows and rows of roofless houses that made up the city looking like empty honeycombs filled with blackness; the shapeless block of stone that had been an idol in the square where four roads met; the pits and dimples at street corners where the public wells once stoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/2/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/) / 2 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 6, sentence 2 From the palace you could see the rows and rows of roofless houses that made up the city looking like empty honeycombs filled with blackness; the shapeless block of stone that had been an idol in the square where four roads met; the pits and dimples at street corners where the public wells once stood, and the shattered domes of temples with wild figs sprouting on their sides. **Who acts:** you, roofless houses, that, four roads, public, wild figs · **What happens:** see, make up, look, fill, be, meet · **To what, where:** rows, palace, city, empty honeycombs, idol, square This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, roofless houses, that, four roads), 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:pg236:6:2 # text = From the palace you could see the rows and rows of roofless houses that made up the city looking like empty honeycombs filled with blackness; the shapeless block of stone that had been an idol in the square where four roads met; the pits and dimples at street corners where the public wells once stood, and the shattered domes of temples with wild figs sprouting on their sides. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 roofless roofless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 honeycombs honeycomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 blackness blackness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 shapeless shapeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 cop _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 idol idol NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 41 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 dimples dimple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 52 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 public public NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 wells well VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 57 advmod _ _ 57 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 shattered shattered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 domes dome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 figs fig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ _ 68 sprouting sprout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 67 acl _ _ 69 on on ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could | you | the rows and rows of roofless houses | | the palace | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer row=Stimulus | | 2 | **make up** | past | roofless houses | the city | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Pivot | | 3 | **look** | gerund | roofless houses *not said here* | | | | | like empty honeycombs | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **fill** | participle | | empty honeycombs *not said here* | | | | with blackness | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with blackness=Instrument | | 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | that | a idol | | the square | | | tree rules | | 6 | **meet** | participle | four roads | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **well** | present | the public | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stand** | past | the public *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sprout** | gerund | wild figs *not said here* | | | roads's sides | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/3/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)