--- title: “No,” returned the Fox, “for these flies which you see are full of b… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: “No,” returned the Fox, “for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left.” Who acts: you, flies, others, Fox. 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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, flies, others, Fox), 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:pg21:10:112 # text = “No,” returned the Fox, “for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 sting sting VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rid rid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 36 already already ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 satiated satiate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | | the Fox | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | this flies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this flies | | | | | of blood; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sting** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the Fox *= fox* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 5 | **rid** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | the Fox *= fox* | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source | | 6 | **satiate** *in a quote* | present · passive | | these | | | | | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | future | others | | | flies's place | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 8 | **drink up** *in a quote* | future | others *not said here* | all blood | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | | 9 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Fox *= fox* | all blood *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | 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:** «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 21 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/113/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)