--- title: Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation, and said, “Wh… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation, and said, “What would you do if you had to live here always as we do, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?” Who acts: Frogs, you, we, Ass. 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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 (Frogs, you, we, Ass), 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:pg21:10:59 # text = Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation, and said, “What would you do if you had to live here always as we do, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?” 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 Frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 frequenting frequent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lamentation lamentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frequent** | gerund | some Frogs *not said here* | the pool | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | some Frogs | Ass's lamentation | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lamentation=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | here | | always *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present | you | such fuss | | the water | | about a mere fall | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent fuss=Material into water=Product | | 9 | **lament** | | Ass | | | | | | nom lamentation «communication transitive»: poss=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/60/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)