--- title: The Monkey, who had been watching the Tortoise’s attempts to climb t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Monkey, who had been watching the Tortoise’s attempts to climb the tree with some curiosity, felt rather sorry at his failure, and noticing that the Tortoise was a fine, well-grown fellow with a very handsome shell, he thought he would do him a kindness, so breaking off one or two of the cocoanu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Tortoise and the Monk…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/) / 5 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey., sentence 5 The Monkey, who had been watching the Tortoise’s attempts to climb the tree with some curiosity, felt rather sorry at his failure, and noticing that the Tortoise was a fine, well-grown fellow with a very handsome shell, he thought he would do him a kindness, so breaking off one or two of the cocoanuts, he threw them down to the Tortoise, who gratefully ate the fruit. **Who acts:** Monkey, Tortoise · **What happens:** watch, climb, feel, notice, be, grow · **To what, where:** attempts, tree, grown fellow, forest, one, trees · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Monkey, Tortoise), 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:pg75000:21:5 # text = The Monkey, who had been watching the Tortoise’s attempts to climb the tree with some curiosity, felt rather sorry at his failure, and noticing that the Tortoise was a fine, well-grown fellow with a very handsome shell, he thought he would do him a kindness, so breaking off one or two of the cocoanuts, he threw them down to the Tortoise, who gratefully ate the fruit. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux _ _ 7 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 attempts attempt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 rather rather ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 well well INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 57 off off ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 obj _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 conj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 cocoanuts cocoanut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 down down ADP RP _ 66 compound:prt _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 75 nsubj _ _ 74 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · perfect · progressive | the Monkey | the Tortoise's attempts | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Theme | | 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive | the Monkey *not said here* | the tree | | | | with some curiosity | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 3 | **feel** | past | the Monkey | | | | | sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **notice** | gerund | the Monkey *not said here* | grown fellow with a handsome shell | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | the Tortoise | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tortoise | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **do** | would | Tortoise | forest | | | | a kindness *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **break off** | gerund | Tortoise *not said here* | one of the cocoanuts | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient | | 10 | **throw down** | past | Tortoise | trees *= tree* | the Tortoise | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme to tortoise=Destination | | 11 | **eat** | past | the Tortoise | the fruit | | | | gratefully *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 12 | **attempt** | | the Tortoise | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **fail** | | Tortoise | | | | | | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/)