--- title: The monkey waited till the puma had got to the middle, then he gave… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The monkey waited till the puma had got to the middle, then he gave a great spring and jumped on his back, knowing quite well that the puma would be afraid to shake him off, lest he should be swept away into deep water. Who acts: monkey, 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 (monkey, 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:pg3282:37:37 # text = The monkey waited till the puma had got to the middle, then he gave a great spring and jumped on his back, knowing quite well that the puma would be afraid to shake him off, lest he should be swept away into deep water. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 till till SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 quite quite ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the monkey | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | the puma | | | | | to the middle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to middle=Result | | 3 | **give** | past | puma | | | | then; spring | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **jump** | past | puma *not said here* | | | puma's back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 5 | **know** | gerund | puma *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | would | the puma | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **shake off** | to-infinitive | the puma *not said here* | puma | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **sweep away** | should · passive | | puma | | deep water | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/38/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)