--- title: Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful things we know;… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful things we know; Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do, All complete, in a minute or two-- Something noble and wise and good, Done by merely wishing we could. Who acts: we, deeds. 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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 (we, deeds), 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:pg236:7:117 # text = Here we sit in a branchy row, Thinking of beautiful things we know; Dreaming of deeds that we mean to do, All complete, in a minute or two-- Something noble and wise and good, Done by merely wishing we could. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 branchy branchy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Dreaming dreaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nsubj _ _ 26 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Something someth VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 35 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 42 by by SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 merely merely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | we | Dreaming of deeds in a complete minute | | a branchy row; here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | of beautiful things | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** | present | we | beautiful things *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 4 | **mean** | present | deeds | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | deeds *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **someth** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | noble *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | participle | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wish** | could | | | | | | merely *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **dream** | | deeds | | | | | in a complete minute | nom dreaming «cognition intransitive»: of=agent in=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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/118/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/)