--- title: “Very well,” replied the monkey; but, instead, he nodded and smiled,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Very well,” replied the monkey; but, instead, he nodded and smiled, and said: “I hope your industry may be rewarded as it deserves.” Who acts: monkey, puma, I, industry. 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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, I, industry), 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:pg3282:37:48 # text = “Very well,” replied the monkey; but, instead, he nodded and smiled, and said: “I hope your industry may be rewarded as it deserves.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 industry industry NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the monkey | | | | | well *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **nod** | past | puma | | | | | instead *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **smile** | past | puma *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **reward** *in a quote* | may · passive | | your industry | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | industry | | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/49/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)