--- title: The monkey knew that the puma was not so good-natured for nothing, b… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The monkey knew that the puma was not so good-natured for nothing, but he felt quite able to take care of himself, so he said he should have much pleasure in accompanying his friend. Who acts: monkey, puma, much pleasure. 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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, puma, much pleasure), 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:pg3282:37:31 # text = The monkey knew that the puma was not so good-natured for nothing, but he felt quite able to take care of himself, so he said he should have much pleasure in accompanying his friend. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 accompanying accompany VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the monkey | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the puma | | | | | for nothing; natured *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | puma | | | | | able *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | puma *not said here* | care | | | | of puma | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of himself=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | puma | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | should | puma | much pleasure | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 7 | **accompany** | gerund | much pleasure *not said here* | puma's friend | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/32/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)