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title: They set out, and in a few hours were wandering about the forest whe… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: They set out, and in a few hours were wandering about the forest where the ape had first been caught, and when the monkey saw his family peering out from the tree tops, he swung himself up by the nearest branch, just managing to save his hind leg from being seized by the turtle. Who acts: monkeys, m
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Monkey and the Jelly-fish, sentence 36

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They set out, and in a few hours were wandering about the forest where the ape had first been caught, and when the monkey saw his family peering out from the tree tops, he swung himself up by the nearest branch, just managing to save his hind leg from being seized by the turtle.

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**Who acts:** monkeys, monkey, family, ape, turtle · **What happens:** set out, wonder, catch, see, peer out, swing up · **To what, where:** ape, family, hind leg

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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, monkey, family, ape), 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:pg641:32:36
# text = They set out, and in a few hours were wandering about the forest where the ape had first been caught, and when the monkey saw his family peering out from the tree tops, he swung himself up by the nearest branch, just managing to save his hind leg from being seized by the turtle.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ape	ape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	advmod	_	_
20	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
24	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	peering	peer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	xcomp	_	_
31	out	out	ADP	RP	_	30	compound:prt	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
39	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	38	obj	_	_
40	up	up	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	44	amod	_	_
44	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	just	just	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	managing	manage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
51	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
54	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	advcl	_	_
56	by	by	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set out** | past | monkeys *= monkey* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | monkeys *= monkey* *not said here* |  |  |  | hour | about the forest | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about forest=Stimulus |
| 3 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | the ape |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | past | the monkey | ape's family |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **peer out** | gerund | ape's family *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the tree tops | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from top=Theme |
| 6 | **swing up** | past | ape | ape |  |  |  | by the nearest branch | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by branch=Location |
| 7 | **manage** | gerund | ape *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 8 | **save** | to-infinitive | ape *not said here* | ape's hind leg |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |
| 9 | **seize** | gerund · passive | the turtle |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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