--- title: But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for t… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for the monkeys, annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin, began to tear the nuts from the trees and cast them at us with angry and spiteful gestures, so that after very little labour our sacks were filled with the fruit which --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/26/) [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/) / 26 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 17, sentence 26 But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for the monkeys, annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin, began to tear the nuts from the trees and cast them at us with angry and spiteful gestures, so that after very little labour our sacks were filled with the fruit which we could not otherwise have obtained. **Who acts:** I, we, our · **What happens:** see, join, wish, pay back, begin, tear · **To what, where:** reason, companions, us, own coin, nuts, sacks 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 (I, we, our), 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:pg128:17:26 # text = But very soon I saw the reason of it and joined them heartily, for the monkeys, annoyed and wishing to pay us back in our own coin, began to tear the nuts from the trees and cast them at us with angry and spiteful gestures, so that after very little labour our sacks were filled with the fruit which we could not otherwise have obtained. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 spiteful spiteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 gestures gesture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 50 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 59 mark _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 after after ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 very very ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 56 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 obj _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 65 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 67 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 68 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 aux _ _ 69 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | the reason of reason | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus | | 2 | **join** | past | I *not said here* | companions *= companion* | | | | heartily *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **wish** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **pay back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | us | our own coin | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Asset | | 5 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **tear** | to-infinitive | | the nuts | | | | from the trees | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent nut=Patient from tree=Co-Patient | | 7 | **cast** | present | | companions *= companion* | | | | at us; with angry gestures | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at we=Destination | | 8 | **fill** | past · passive | | our sacks | | | after little labour | with the fruit | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fruit=Instrument | | 9 | **not** **obtain** | could · perfect | we | the fruit | | | | otherwise *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 10 | **coin** | | our | | | | | | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/17/)