--- title: Then one day the Bullocks had a quarrel, and when the hungry Lion ca… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: Then one day the Bullocks had a quarrel, and when the hungry Lion came to look at them and lick his chops as he was accustomed to do, he found them in separate corners of the field, as far away from one another as they could get. Who acts: Bullocks, hungry Lion, Lion. 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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 (Bullocks, hungry Lion, Lion), 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:pg19994:92:5 # text = Then one day the Bullocks had a quarrel, and when the hungry Lion came to look at them and lick his chops as he was accustomed to do, he found them in separate corners of the field, as far away from one another as they could get. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Bullocks Bullock PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chops chop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 obl _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 45 fixed _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Bullocks | a quarrel | | | then; day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | the hungry Lion | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | the hungry Lion *not said here* | | | | | at Bullocks *= bullock* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 4 | **lick** | infinitive | the hungry Lion *not said here* | Lion's chops | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chop=Source | | 5 | **accustom** | past · passive | | Lion | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **find** | past | Lion | Bullocks *= bullock* | | separate corners of the field | | away *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 8 | **get** | could | Bullocks *= bullock* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **chop** | | Lion | | | | | | nom chop «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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/pg19994/92/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/92/6/) - ↑ back to [Three Bullocks and a Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/92/)