--- title: All he wanted to do was to make a big circle uphill and get at the h… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: All he wanted to do was to make a big circle uphill and get at the head of the ravine, and then take the bulls down it and catch Shere Khan between the bulls and the cows; for he knew that after a meal and a full drink Shere Khan would not be in any condition to fight or to clamber up the sides of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jungle Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/) / [The Jungle Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/) / 33 # The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book, part 9, sentence 33 All he wanted to do was to make a big circle uphill and get at the head of the ravine, and then take the bulls down it and catch Shere Khan between the bulls and the cows; for he knew that after a meal and a full drink Shere Khan would not be in any condition to fight or to clamber up the sides of the ravine. **Who acts:** Mowgli, All, Shere · **What happens:** want, do, be, get, take down, catch · **To what, where:** head, bulls, Shere, condition, sides This is a sentence of «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mowgli, All, Shere), 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:pg236:9:33 # text = All he wanted to do was to make a big circle uphill and get at the head of the ravine, and then take the bulls down it and catch Shere Khan between the bulls and the cows; for he knew that after a meal and a full drink Shere Khan would not be in any condition to fight or to clamber up the sides of the ravine. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 uphill uphill ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 catch catch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 Shere Shere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ _ 33 between between ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bulls bull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 after after ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 51 Shere Shere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 52 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 58 det _ _ 58 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 clamber clamber VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 64 up up ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | All | | | | | make, uphill *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | All *not said here* | | | the head of the ravine | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **take down** | infinitive | | the bulls | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **catch** | infinitive | | Shere | | | | between the bulls and the cows | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shere=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | Mowgli | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **is** | would | Shere | | | any condition | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **clamber up** | to-infinitive | Mowgli *not said here* | the sides of the ravine | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location side=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/34/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/)