--- title: Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well d… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well deserve my fate, for what business had I on the land, when by my nature and habits I am only adapted for the sea?” Who acts: Fox, point, business, my. 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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 (Fox, point, business, my), 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:pg21:10:97 # text = Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well deserve my fate, for what business had I on the land, when by my nature and habits I am only adapted for the sea?” 1 Just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:outer _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 25 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 parataxis _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 adapted adapt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Fox | | | | | as the point | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | gerund · passive | the point *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the point | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | the point *= point* | my fate | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | business | the point *= point* | | the land | | | tree rules | | 6 | **adapt** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the point *= point* | | | | for the sea | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **fate** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/98/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)