--- title: “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.” Who acts: 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 (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:pg21:10:49 # text = “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply 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 Crane Crane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 soar soar VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 heights height NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 lift lift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 below below ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dunghill dunghill NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Crane | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **soar** *in a quote* | present | the Crane *= crane* | | | the heights of heaven | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to height=Trajectory | | 3 | **lift up** *in a quote* | present | the Crane *= crane* *not said here* | my voice | | the stars | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent voice=Theme to star=Destination | | 4 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | like a cock; among the birds of the dunghill; below *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among bird=Trajectory | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/50/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)