--- title: This freed his hands and feet, but besides the shock of the fall, th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This freed his hands and feet, but besides the shock of the fall, they had tumbled into a bed of thorns, and he limped away broken and bruised, and groaning loudly; for when monkeys ARE hurt, they take pains that everybody shall know it. Who acts: This, feet, breeze, everybody. 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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 (This, feet, breeze, everybody), 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:pg3282:36:83 # text = This freed his hands and feet, but besides the shock of the fall, they had tumbled into a bed of thorns, and he limped away broken and bruised, and groaning loudly; for when monkeys ARE hurt, they take pains that everybody shall know it. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 freed free VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 9 besides besides ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 tumbled tumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 limped limp AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 bruised bruise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 groaning groan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 35 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 ARE be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 45 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 47 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **free** | past | This | breeze's hands and feet | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer hand=Source | | 2 | **tumble** | past · perfect | feet *= foot* | | | a bed of thorns | | besides the shock of the fall | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into bed=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **break** | past | breeze | | | | | away *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **bruise** | participle | breeze *not said here* | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **groan** | gerund | This *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hurt** | present · passive | | monkeys | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **take** | present | feet *= foot* | pains | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | | 8 | **know** | shall | everybody | pains | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 9 | **shock** | | | the fall | | | | | nom shock «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/84/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/)