--- title: The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying,… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight. Who acts: Sheep, wolf, you. 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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 (Sheep, wolf, you), 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:pg21:10:137 # text = The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 excused excuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 outstrip outstrip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | gerund | the Sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **intend** | past · passive | | some fraud | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **excuse** | past | the Sheep | character | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **accustom** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Wolf | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seize** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present | wolf | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 8 | **run off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **outstrip** *in a quote* | can | you | the Sheep *= sheep* | | | | in your rapid flight; quickly *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot i=Theme in flight=Attribute | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/138/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)