--- title: When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. Who acts: Tortoise, gaily birds, Hare. 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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 (Tortoise, gaily birds, Hare), 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:pg19994:4:5 # text = When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 gaily gaily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Chipmunk Chipmunk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 nimbly nimbly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 obj _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 discontented discontent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Tortoise | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fly** | past | the gaily birds | | | | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | the Hare and the Chipmunk and all other animals | | | | | nimbly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the gaily birds *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | the gaily birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **feel** | past | the Tortoise | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **discontent** | past | the Tortoise *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/4/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/4/6/) - ↑ back to [The Tortoise and the Ducks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/4/)