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title: In fact, so great was their relief that they gave the monkey such a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Monkey and the Jelly-fish, sentence 22

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In fact, so great was their relief that they gave the monkey such a kind welcome, and were so anxious to make him happy and comfortable, that he soon forgot all the fears that had beset him as to his fate, and was generally quite at his ease, though every now and then a fit of home-sickness would come over him, and he would hide himself in some dark corner till it had passed away.

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**Who acts:** monkeys, turtle, fears, fit · **What happens:** be, give, make, forget, have, beset · **To what, where:** relief, fact, kind welcome, monkey, turtle, ease

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Monkey and the Jelly-fish. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monkeys, turtle, fears, fit), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:32:22
# text = In fact, so great was their relief that they gave the monkey such a kind welcome, and were so anxious to make him happy and comfortable, that he soon forgot all the fears that had beset him as to his fate, and was generally quite at his ease, though every now and then a fit of home-sickness would come over him, and he would hide himself in some dark corner till it had passed away.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	17	det:predet	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	xcomp	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	advmod	_	_
33	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
34	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	36	det:predet	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	fears	fear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
39	beset	beset	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	44	case	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	fixed	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
48	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
49	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
50	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
54	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
55	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	66	det	_	_
56	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	66	advmod	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
58	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	66	advmod	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nsubj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	sickness	sickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
65	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
66	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
67	over	over	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
71	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
72	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
73	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	conj	_	_
74	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	73	obj	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
76	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	78	det	_	_
77	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	_
79	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	82	mark	_	_
80	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj:pass	_	_
81	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	73	advcl	_	_
83	away	away	ADV	RB	_	82	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | monkeys's relief and turtle's ease |  | fact |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | monkeys *= monkey* | such kind welcome | the monkey |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient welcome=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | anxious *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | turtle |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 5 | **forget** | past | turtle |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | all fears |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **beset** | present | all fears | turtle |  |  |  | as turtle's fate | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | past |  |  |  | turtle's ease |  | generally *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **come** | would | a fit of home sickness |  |  |  | now; then | over turtle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over he=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **hide** | would | turtle | turtle |  | some dark corner |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in corner=Location |
| 11 | **pass away** | past · perfect · passive |  | fit |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **fate** |  | turtle |  |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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