--- title: He half expected that the crab would laugh in his face at this impud… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He half expected that the crab would laugh in his face at this impudent proposal, but instead of doing so she only looked at him for a moment with her head on one side and then said that she would agree to the exchange. Who acts: Monkey, crab, pilgrim. 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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 (Monkey, crab, pilgrim), 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:pg2435:32:66 # text = He half expected that the crab would laugh in his face at this impudent proposal, but instead of doing so she only looked at him for a moment with her head on one side and then said that she would agree to the exchange. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 advmod _ _ 3 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 impudent impudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 20 mark _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | past | Monkey | | | | | half *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** | would | the crab | | | | | at this impudent proposal; in Monkey's face | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in face=Theme | | 3 | **do** | gerund | pilgrim *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | past | pilgrim | | | one side | moment | at Monkey | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Monkey *not said here* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | would | pilgrim | | | | | to the exchange | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/67/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/)