--- title: The Black Panther had raced up the slope almost without a sound and… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Black Panther had raced up the slope almost without a sound and was striking--he knew better than to waste time in biting--right and left among the monkeys, who were seated round Mowgli in circles fifty and sixty deep. Who acts: Mowgli. 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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 (Mowgli), 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:pg236:6:55 # text = The Black Panther had raced up the slope almost without a sound and was striking--he knew better than to waste time in biting--right and left among the monkeys, who were seated round Mowgli in circles fifty and sixty deep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Panther Panther PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 raced race VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 without without ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 20 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 30 among among ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 round round ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Mowgli Mowgli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 circles circle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 compound _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 conj _ _ 44 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race up** | past · perfect · passive | | the Black Panther | | | | without a sound | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** | past | Mowgli | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **waste** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bite** | gerund | | right | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | among the monkeys | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent among monkey=Location | | 7 | **seat** | past · passive | | the monkeys | | circles | | round Mowgli | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in circle=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/56/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)