--- title: The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I se… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what I myself shall be when I assail thee.” Who acts: Bowman, that. 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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 (Bowman, that), 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:pg21:10:86 # text = The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what I myself shall be when I assail thee.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Bowman bowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 29 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 assail assail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot out** | participle | the Bowman *not said here* | a arrow | | | | immediately *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Bowman | | the Lion | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lion=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** *in a quote* | present | the Bowman *= bowman* | thee | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Destination messenger=Theme | | 4 | **learn** *in a quote* | may | that | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | the Bowman *= bowman* | | | | | assail *property* | tree rules | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/87/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)