--- title: “And I know that this is true,” he said, “because Purun Dass always… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “And I know that this is true,” he said, “because Purun Dass always limped from the blow that he got in a riot when his account books were burned, and the tiger that I speak of he limps, too, for the tracks of his pads are unequal.” Who acts: body, this, Purun, tracks. 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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 (body, this, Purun, tracks), 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:pg236:8:47 # text = “And I know that this is true,” he said, “because Purun Dass always limped from the blow that he got in a riot when his account books were burned, and the tiger that I speak of he limps, too, for the tracks of his pads are unequal.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 Purun Purun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 Dass Dass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ _ 19 limped limp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 riot riot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 limps limp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 pads pad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 unequal unequal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | body | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | body | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **limp** *in a quote* | past | Purun | | | the blow | | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from blow=Trajectory | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | body | | | a riot | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **burn** *in a quote* | past · passive | | body's account books | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | body | the tiger | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **limp** *in a quote* | present | body | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the tracks of body's pads | | | | | unequal *property* | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/48/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/)