--- title: But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing. Who acts: Kites, horse. 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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 (Kites, horse), 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:pg21:10:119 # text = But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 neigh neigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 imitate imitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 in in SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 neigh neigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund · perfect | | the neigh of the horse | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer neigh=Stimulus | | 2 | **enchant** | past · passive | | Kites *= kite* | | | | with the sound | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **try** | past | Kites *= kite* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **imitate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kites *= kite* *not said here* | neigh | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **try** | gerund | Kites *= kite* *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **neigh** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kites *= kite* *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **forget** | past | Kites *= kite* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Kites *= kite* *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **neigh** | | the horse | | | | | | nom neigh «event intransitive»: of=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:** «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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/120/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)