--- title: But the monkey made such piteous cries, and seemed so unhappy when a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the monkey made such piteous cries, and seemed so unhappy when anyone attempted to catch him, that the two ladies begged the King to leave him a little longer with them, to which he consented. Who acts: monkey, anyone, two ladies. 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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, anyone, two ladies), 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:pg640:23:4 # text = But the monkey made such piteous cries, and seemed so unhappy when anyone attempted to catch him, that the two ladies begged the King to leave him a little longer with them, to which he consented. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 piteous piteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ _ 15 attempted attempt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the monkey | such piteous cries | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Product | | 2 | **seem** | past | | | | | | unhappy *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **attempt** | past | anyone | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | monkey | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the two ladies | | the King | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the two ladies *not said here* | monkey | | | | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **consent** | past | monkey | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/5/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)