--- title: It was then that Bagheera lifted up his dripping chin, and in despai… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was then that Bagheera lifted up his dripping chin, and in despair gave the Snake’s Call for protection--“We be of one blood, ye and I”--for he believed that Kaa had turned tail at the last minute. Who acts: rage, We, Panther, Kaa. 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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 (rage, We, Panther, Kaa), 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:pg236:6:87 # text = It was then that Bagheera lifted up his dripping chin, and in despair gave the Snake’s Call for protection--“We be of one blood, ye and I”--for he believed that Kaa had turned tail at the last minute. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Bagheera Bagheera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 amod _ _ 10 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 Call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 Kaa Kaa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ _ 42 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | rage | | | | then | lift *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **give** | past | | the Snake's Call | | despair | | for protection | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent call=Theme for protection=Asset | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | We | | | | | of one blood | tree rules | | 5 | **believe** | past | Panther | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn** | past · perfect | Kaa | tail | | | minute | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 7 | **call** | | the Snake | | | | | for protection | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/88/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/6/)