--- title: First he had to wear a cloth round him, which annoyed him horribly;… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: First he had to wear a cloth round him, which annoyed him horribly; and then he had to learn about money, which he did not in the least understand, and about plowing, of which he did not see the use. Who acts: Mowgli, money. 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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, money), 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:pg236:8:30 # text = First he had to wear a cloth round him, which annoyed him horribly; and then he had to learn about money, which he did not in the least understand, and about plowing, of which he did not see the use. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 round round ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 14 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 29 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 nsubj _ _ 32 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 about about SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 plowing plow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Mowgli | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | a cloth | | | | round Mowgli | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cloth=Source | | 3 | **have** | past | Mowgli | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **learn** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | money | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic | | 5 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | money | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **plow** | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | Mowgli | the use | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer use=Stimulus | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/31/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/)