--- title: The crowns of the cocoa-palms were all alive with monkeys, big and l… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The crowns of the cocoa-palms were all alive with monkeys, big and little, which skipped from one to the other with surprising agility, seeming to be curious about us and disturbed at our appearance, and I was at first surprised when my companions after collecting stones began to throw them at the l --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/25/) [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 Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/) / 25 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 25 The crowns of the cocoa-palms were all alive with monkeys, big and little, which skipped from one to the other with surprising agility, seeming to be curious about us and disturbed at our appearance, and I was at first surprised when my companions after collecting stones began to throw them at the lively creatures, which seemed to me quite harmless. **Who acts:** crowns, I, companions, lively creatures · **What happens:** be, skip, seem, disturb, collect, begin · **To what, where:** appearance, companions, lively creatures, me, cocoa palms This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (crowns, I, companions, lively creatures), 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:pg128:17:25 # text = The crowns of the cocoa-palms were all alive with monkeys, big and little, which skipped from one to the other with surprising agility, seeming to be curious about us and disturbed at our appearance, and I was at first surprised when my companions after collecting stones began to throw them at the lively creatures, which seemed to me quite harmless. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 cocoa cocoa NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 skipped skip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 surprising surprising ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 agility agility NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 seeming seem VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 disturbed disturb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 advmod _ _ 46 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 47 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 50 after after ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 collecting collect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 52 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ _ 66 quite quite ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the crowns of the cocoa palms | | | | | with monkeys; alive, all *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the crowns of the cocoa palms *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **skip** | past | | | | | | from one to the other; with surprising agility | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from one=Trajectory | | 4 | **seem** | gerund | | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about us; curious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **disturb** | past | | | | our appearance | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | I | | | | | first, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **collect** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **begin** | past | my companions after collecting stones | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **throw** | to-infinitive | my companions after collecting stones *not said here* | companions *= companion* | | the lively creatures | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at creature=Destination | | 11 | **seem** | past | the lively creatures | | me | | | harmless *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **crown** | | | the cocoa palms | | | | | nom crown «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 Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)