--- title: In a few minutes more they arrived at the field were the men were re… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a few minutes more they arrived at the field were the men were reaping the maize, and the puma remarked as he had done before: “Friend monkey, if you wish to please these men, just say as you go by: ‘Bad luck to all workers.’ Who acts: bananas, men, puma, you. 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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 (bananas, men, puma, you), 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:pg3282:37:47 # text = In a few minutes more they arrived at the field were the men were reaping the maize, and the puma remarked as he had done before: “Friend monkey, if you wish to please these men, just say as you go by: ‘Bad luck to all workers.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 reaping reap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 maize maize NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 22 remarked remark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 before before ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 53 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | bananas *= banana* | | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the men | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reap** | past · progressive | the men | the maize | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maize=Theme | | 4 | **remark** *speech: assert* | participle | | the puma *not said here* | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | puma | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | Friend monkey *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **please** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | this men | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | | | all workers | | by Bad luck | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to worker=Initial\_Location | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/48/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)