--- title: She gave him a long drink of milk and some bread, and then she laid… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: She gave him a long drink of milk and some bread, and then she laid her hand on his head and looked into his eyes; for she thought perhaps that he might be her real son come back from the jungle where the tiger had taken him. Who acts: crowd, Mowgli, real son. 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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 (crowd, Mowgli, real son), 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:pg236:7:176 # text = She gave him a long drink of milk and some bread, and then she laid her hand on his head and looked into his eyes; for she thought perhaps that he might be her real son come back from the jungle where the tiger had taken him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | crowd | a long drink of milk and some bread | Mowgli | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | crowd | crowd's hand | | Mowgli's head | then | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on head=Destination | | 3 | **look** | past | crowd *not said here* | | | | | into Mowgli's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | crowd | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | might | Mowgli | crowd's real son | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come back** | present | crowd's real son | | | the jungle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from jungle=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the tiger | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/177/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/7/)