--- title: He was very sure that he could dance quite as well as the Monkey, if… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: He was very sure that he could dance quite as well as the Monkey, if not better, so he pushed his way into the crowd that was gathered around the Monkey, and rising on his hind legs, began to dance. Who acts: praise. 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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 (praise), 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:pg19994:42:4 # text = He was very sure that he could dance quite as well as the Monkey, if not better, so he pushed his way into the crowd that was gathered around the Monkey, and rising on his hind legs, began to dance. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 8 advmod _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 fixed _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 around around ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | praise | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | could | praise | | | | | as the Monkey | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **push** | past | praise | praise's way | | the crowd | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme into crowd=Destination | | 4 | **gather** | past · passive | | the crowd | | | | around the Monkey | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **rise** | gerund | praise *not said here* | | | praise's hind legs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location | | 6 | **begin** | past | praise *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **dance** | to-infinitive | praise *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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 Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/42/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/42/5/) - ↑ back to [The Monkey and the Camel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/42/)