--- title: The Ass did not dislike being carried, but so many people came up to… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: The Ass did not dislike being carried, but so many people came up to point at him and laugh and shout, that he began to kick and bray, and then, just as they were crossing a bridge, the ropes that held him gave way, and down he tumbled into the river. Who acts: Ass, many people, people, ropes. 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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 (Ass, many people, people, ropes), 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:pg19994:134:22 # text = The Ass did not dislike being carried, but so many people came up to point at him and laugh and shout, that he began to kick and bray, and then, just as they were crossing a bridge, the ropes that held him gave way, and down he tumbled into the river. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ass Ass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 dislike dislike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 bray bray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 down down ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dislike** | past · do-support | the Ass | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **carry** | gerund · passive | the Ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **come up** | past | many people | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **point** | to-infinitive | many people *not said here* | | | | | at Ass | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | infinitive | many people *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | many people *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **begin** | past | Ass | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **kick** | to-infinitive | Ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **bray** | infinitive | Ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **cross** | past · progressive | people | a bridge | | | then | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient | | 11 | **hold** | past | the ropes | Ass | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **give** | past | the ropes | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 13 | **tumble** | past | way | | | the river | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial\_Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/134/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/134/23/) - ↑ back to [The Miller, His Son, and the Ass](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/134/)