--- title: "Do you not see," replied the old Frog, "that the Bull who is beaten… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "Do you not see," replied the old Frog, "that the Bull who is beaten, will be driven away from the good forage up there to the reeds of this marsh, and we shall all be trampled into the mud?" Who acts: you, old Frog. 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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 (you, old Frog), 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:pg19994:83:4 # text = "Do you not see," replied the old Frog, "that the Bull who is beaten, will be driven away from the good forage up there to the reeds of this marsh, and we shall all be trampled into the mud?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 forage forage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the old Frog | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **beat** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Bull | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **drive away** *in a quote* | future · passive | | the Bull | | the good forage; there | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from forage=Trajectory | | 5 | **trample** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | we | | the mud | | all *property* | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/83/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/83/5/) - ↑ back to [The Fighting Bulls and the Frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/83/)