--- title: The travelers turned towards the sound and wondered what it forebode… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The travelers turned towards the sound and wondered what it foreboded, when one of them said to his companion, “Let us proceed on our journey, my friend, for it is only the caw of a crow, and her cry, you know, is no omen.” Who acts: travelers, sound, one, us. 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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 (travelers, sound, one, us), 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:pg21:10:64 # text = The travelers turned towards the sound and wondered what it foreboded, when one of them said to his companion, “Let us proceed on our journey, my friend, for it is only the caw of a crow, and her cry, you know, is no omen.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 travelers traveler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 foreboded forebode VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 caw caw NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 omen omen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the travelers | | | | | towards the sound | tree rules | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | the travelers *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **forebode** | past | sound | | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of travelers | | MAN's companion | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | my friend *vocative* | tree rules | | 6 | **proceed** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | our journey | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sound | | | | | for the caw; of a crow | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | MAN's companion *= companion* | friend's cry *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | friend's cry | no omen | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **journey** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **cry** *in a quote* | | friend | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/65/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)