--- title: What was worse, when once he had tasted the bananas, he found them n… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: What was worse, when once he had tasted the bananas, he found them not at all to his liking, so he threw them all down, green and yellow alike, and let the puma take his choice. Who acts: stag, puma. 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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 (stag, puma), 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:pg3282:36:102 # text = What was worse, when once he had tasted the bananas, he found them not at all to his liking, so he threw them all down, green and yellow alike, and let the puma take his choice. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 once once SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tasted taste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bananas banana NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 liking liking NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nmod:unmarked _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **taste** | past · perfect | stag | the bananas | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme banana=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **find** | past | stag | bananas *= banana* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme all=Attribute | | 4 | **throw down** | past | stag | bananas *= banana* | | | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | stag *not said here* | the puma | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | the puma *not said here* | stag's choice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/103/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/)