--- title: Guido again let down the rope, and this time the monkey, who had not… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Guido again let down the rope, and this time the monkey, who had noted the lion’s success, jumped over the man’s head and, shaking the cord, was in like manner set at liberty, and hastened to his own haunts. Who acts: Guido. 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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 (Guido), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:6:36 # text = Guido again let down the rope, and this time the monkey, who had noted the lion’s success, jumped over the man’s head and, shaking the cord, was in like manner set at liberty, and hastened to his own haunts. 1 Guido Guido PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 noted note VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 38 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 haunts haunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | infinitive | Guido | the rope | | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 2 | **note** | past · perfect · passive | | the monkey | | | time | who *nsubj*; the lion's success *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **jump** | past | | | | the man's head | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Trajectory | | 4 | **shake** | gerund | | the cord | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | manner | | | tree rules | | 6 | **set** | participle | | manner *not said here* | | liberty | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at liberty=Destination | | 7 | **hasten** | participle | | | | man's own haunts | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to haunt=Destination | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/36/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)