--- title: The monkey gave a shriek of pain, and darted up into a tree, but whe… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The monkey gave a shriek of pain, and darted up into a tree, but when he saw that it was only the rabbit who had dared to insult him so, he chattered so fast in his anger, and looked so fierce, that the rabbit fled into the nearest hole, and stayed there for several days, trembling with fright. 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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, Jack, shriek, rabbit), 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:pg3282:36:69 # text = The monkey gave a shriek of pain, and darted up into a tree, but when he saw that it was only the rabbit who had dared to insult him so, he chattered so fast in his anger, and looked so fierce, that the rabbit fled into the nearest hole, and stayed there for several days, trembling with fright. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shriek shriek NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 dared dare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 insult insult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 chattered chatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 54 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 58 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the monkey | a shriek of pain | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shriek=Theme | | 2 | **dart up** | past | the monkey *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | shriek | the rabbit | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dare** | past · perfect | the rabbit | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **insult** | to-infinitive | the rabbit *not said here* | Jack | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 7 | **chatter** | past | Jack | | | Jack's anger | | fast *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in anger=Location | | 8 | **look** | past | | | | | | fierce *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **flee** | past | the rabbit | | | the nearest hole | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hole=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **stay** | past | the monkey *not said here* | | | there | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **tremble** | gerund | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | with fright | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **shriek** | | | pain | | | | | nom shriek «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **anger** | | Jack | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/70/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/)