--- title: A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by,… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.” Who acts: PEACOCK, Crane, 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 (PEACOCK, Crane, 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:pg21:10:48 # text = A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 PEACOCK peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 spreading spread VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ridiculing ridicule VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 ashen ashen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 while while SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | gerund | a PEACOCK *not said here* | Crane's gorgeous tail | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tail=Theme | | 2 | **mock** | past | a PEACOCK | a Crane | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Theme | | 3 | **pass by** | past | a Crane | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ridicule** | gerund | a PEACOCK *not said here* | the ashen hue of Crane's plumage | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hue=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a PEACOCK *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **robe** *in a quote* | present · passive | | a PEACOCK *= peacock* | | | | like a king | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | a bit of color on your wings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/49/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)