--- title: He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel. 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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 (stone), 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:pg236:6:84 # text = He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 panted pant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 terrace terrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 squarely squarely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 haunches haunch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 forepaws forepaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 hugged hug VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 49 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 50 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 like like ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 flipping flip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 amod _ _ 59 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 paddle paddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pant up** | past | stone | the terrace | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent terrace=Topic | | 2 | **disappear** | to-infinitive | stone *not said here* | | | | | to the head in a wave of monkeys | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past | stone | stone | | stone's haunches | | squarely *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on haunch=Destination | | 4 | **spread out** | gerund | stone *not said here* | stone's forepaws | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location forepaw=Theme | | 5 | **hug** | participle | stone *not said here* | many | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Co-Agent | | 6 | **hold** | could | stone | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | stone *not said here* | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **hit** | to-infinitive | stone *not said here* | | | | | with a regular bat bat bat; like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with bat=Instrument | | 9 | **flip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **wave** | | | monkeys | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **stroke** | | | a paddle wheel | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/85/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)