--- title: "I should be glad to do as you ask," he added, "but I have noticed t… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "I should be glad to do as you ask," he added, "but I have noticed that there are many footprints leading into your cave and none coming out. Who acts: Fox, you, Lion, many footprints. 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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 (Fox, you, Lion, many footprints), 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:pg19994:100:8 # text = "I should be glad to do as you ask," he added, "but I have noticed that there are many footprints leading into your cave and none coming out. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 26 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 conj _ _ 32 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | should | Fox | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Fox | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **notice** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Lion *= lion* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **does** *in a quote* | present | many footprints | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lead** *in a quote* | gerund | many footprints *not said here* | | | your cave | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into cave=Destination | | 8 | **come out** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | 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 Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/9/) - ↑ back to [The Old Lion and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/100/)