--- title: So intense did the heat become, that the Traveler at last decided to… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: So intense did the heat become, that the Traveler at last decided to stop for a rest, and as there was no other shade to be found, the Traveler sat down in the shadow of the Ass. Who acts: heat, Traveler. 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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 (heat, Traveler), 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:pg19994:133:4 # text = So intense did the heat become, that the Traveler at last decided to stop for a rest, and as there was no other shade to be found, the Traveler sat down in the shadow of the Ass. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 intense intense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Traveler traveler NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 13 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Traveler traveler NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · do-support | the heat | | | | | intense *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **decide** | past | the Traveler at last | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Traveler at last *not said here* | | | | | for a rest | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | past | | no other shade | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive · passive | the heat *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 6 | **sit down** | past | the Traveler | | | the shadow of the Ass | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location | | 7 | **shadow** | | | the Ass | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/133/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/133/5/) - ↑ back to [The Ass and Its Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/133/)