--- title: The herd paused for an instant at the edge of the slope, but Akela g… — The Jungle Book · tree and pragmatics description: The herd paused for an instant at the edge of the slope, but Akela gave tongue in the full hunting-yell, and they pitched over one after the other, just as steamers shoot rapids, the sand and stones spurting up round them. Who acts: herd, Akela, echoes, steamers. 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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 (herd, Akela, echoes, steamers), 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:pg236:9:50 # text = The herd paused for an instant at the edge of the slope, but Akela gave tongue in the full hunting-yell, and they pitched over one after the other, just as steamers shoot rapids, the sand and stones spurting up round them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 Akela Akela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 pitched pitch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obl _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 steamers steamer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 rapids rapid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 44 spurting spurt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 round round ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pause** | past | the herd | | | the edge of the slope | | for a instant | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location | | 2 | **give** | past | Akela | tongue | | the full hunting yell | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 3 | **pitch** | past | echoes *= echo* | | | | | over one after the other | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over one=Destination | | 4 | **shoot** | present | steamers | rapids and the sand and stones | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rapid=Theme | | 5 | **spurt up** | gerund | stones *not said here* | | | | | round echoes *= echo* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round they=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/51/) - ↑ back to [The Jungle Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg236/9/)