--- title: “All the evening I have lain here listening,” he called back over hi… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: “All the evening I have lain here listening,” he called back over his shoulder, “and, except once or twice, Buldeo has not said one word of truth concerning the jungle, which is at his very doors. Who acts: Mowgli, truth, jungle. 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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, truth, jungle), 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:pg236:8:58 # text = “All the evening I have lain here listening,” he called back over his shoulder, “and, except once or twice, Buldeo has not said one word of truth concerning the jungle, which is at his very doors. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 8 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 except except ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 30 advmod _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 Buldeo Buldeo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Mowgli | | | here | evening | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **listen** *in a quote* | gerund | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call back** *speech: assert* | past | Mowgli | | | Mowgli's shoulder | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Buldeo | | | | once *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme word=Manner | | 5 | **concern** *in a quote* | gerund | truth *not said here* | the jungle and Mowgli's doors | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jungle=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the jungle and Mowgli's doors | | | Mowgli's doors | | | tree rules | | 7 | **word** *in a quote* | | | truth | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/59/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/8/)