--- title: He forbade his courtiers to frighten it, and the monkey, noticing ho… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He forbade his courtiers to frighten it, and the monkey, noticing how much attention was being paid him, sprang from bough to bough, and at length gradually approached the King, who offered him some food. Who acts: King, monkey. 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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 (King, monkey), 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:pg640:22:100 # text = He forbade his courtiers to frighten it, and the monkey, noticing how much attention was being paid him, sprang from bough to bough, and at length gradually approached the King, who offered him some food. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forbade forbid 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 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 noticing notice VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 31 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | past | King | King's courtiers | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer courtier=Theme | | 2 | **frighten** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 3 | **notice** | gerund | the monkey *not said here* | much attention | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus | | 4 | **pay** | past · passive | | the monkey | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient he=Asset | | 5 | **spring** | past | King *not said here* | | | bough | | to bough | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bough=Destination | | 6 | **approach** | past | King *not said here* | the King | | length | | gradually *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 7 | **offer** | past | the King | some food | King | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal food=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/101/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/)