--- title: That same cloud was being watched by two good friends in the ruined… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: That same cloud was being watched by two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall, for Bagheera and Kaa, knowing well how dangerous the Monkey-People were in large numbers, did not wish to run any risks. Who acts: two good friends. 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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 (two good friends), 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:pg236:6:44 # text = That same cloud was being watched by two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall, for Bagheera and Kaa, knowing well how dangerous the Monkey-People were in large numbers, did not wish to run any risks. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 below below ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 28 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 risks risk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · passive | two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall | that same cloud | | | | for Bagheera and Kaa | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Location for bagheera=Theme | | 2 | **ruin** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | gerund | two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall *not said here* | the dangerous People | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **run** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | two good friends in the ruined ditch below the city wall *not said here* | any risks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/45/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)