--- title: Such terror did he inspire among the other animals of the jungle, an… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Such terror did he inspire among the other animals of the jungle, and so many of them did he kill for his daily food, that they held a public meeting to see what could be done about it. Who acts: Such terror, many, animals. 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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 (Such terror, many, animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:9:36 # text = Such terror did he inspire among the other animals of the jungle, and so many of them did he kill for his daily food, that they held a public meeting to see what could be done about it. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 inspire inspire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inspire** | past · do-support | Such terror | | | | | among the other animals of the jungle; terror *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **kill** | past · do-support | many of animals | | | | | for terror's daily food; terror *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hold** | past | animals *= animal* | a public meeting | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | animals *= animal* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | could · passive | | | | | | about meeting; what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/9/)