--- title: They would sit in circles on the hall of the king’s council chamber,… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: They would sit in circles on the hall of the king’s council chamber, and scratch for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would run in and out of the roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster and old bricks in a corner, and forget where they had hidden them, and fight and cry in scuffling crowds --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/5/) [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/) / 5 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 6, sentence 5 They would sit in circles on the hall of the king’s council chamber, and scratch for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would run in and out of the roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster and old bricks in a corner, and forget where they had hidden them, and fight and cry in scuffling crowds, and then break off to play up and down the terraces of the king’s garden, where they would shake the rose trees and the oranges in sport to see the fruit and flowers fall. **Who acts:** monkeys · **What happens:** sit, scratch, pretend, be, run, forget · **To what, where:** circles, men, corner, monkeys, scuffling crowds, rose trees 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 (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:pg236:6:5 # text = They would sit in circles on the hall of the king’s council chamber, and scratch for fleas and pretend to be men; or they would run in and out of the roofless houses and collect pieces of plaster and old bricks in a corner, and forget where they had hidden them, and fight and cry in scuffling crowds, and then break off to play up and down the terraces of the king’s garden, where they would shake the rose trees and the oranges in sport to see the fruit and flowers fall. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 circles circle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 scratch scratch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 fleas flea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 roofless roofless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 collect collect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 51 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 54 advmod _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 scuffling scuffling NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 67 advmod _ _ 67 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 68 off off ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 71 up up ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 down down ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 terraces terrace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ’s 's PART POS _ 78 case _ _ 80 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 82 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 85 advmod _ _ 83 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 84 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 parataxis _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 87 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 compound _ _ 88 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obj _ _ 89 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 oranges orange NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 conj _ _ 92 in in ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 93 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ _ 94 to to PART TO _ 95 mark _ _ 95 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 85 advcl _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 obj _ _ 98 and and CCONJ CC _ 99 cc _ _ 99 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 97 conj _ _ 100 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 97 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | would | monkeys *= monkey* | | | circles | | on the hall of the king's council chamber | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in circle=Location | | 2 | **scratch** | infinitive | | | | | | for fleas | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for flea=Theme | | 3 | **pretend** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | men | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **run** | would | monkeys *= monkey* | | | a corner | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corner=Trajectory | | 6 | **forget** | infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive | | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fight** | infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | scuffling crowds | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in crowd=Location | | 10 | **break off** | infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 11 | **play up** | to-infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | down the terraces of the king's garden | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **shake** | would | monkeys *= monkey* | the rose trees and the oranges | | sport | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in sport=Trajectory | | 13 | **see** | to-infinitive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | the fruit and flowers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus | | 14 | **fall** | present | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/6/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)