--- title: After a short time she returned, and when he inquired how she had go… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: After a short time she returned, and when he inquired how she had got on and how the servants had treated her, she replied, “The herdsmen and shepherds cast on me looks of aversion.” Who acts: Wife, man, herdsmen. 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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 (Wife, man, herdsmen), 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:pg21:11:118 # text = After a short time she returned, and when he inquired how she had got on and how the servants had treated her, she replied, “The herdsmen and shepherds cast on me looks of aversion.” 1 After after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 herdsmen herdsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 aversion aversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Wife | a short time *not said here* | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get on** | past · perfect | Wife | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | | the servants | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Wife | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **cast** *in a quote* | participle | | the herdsmen and shepherds *not said here* | | | | on Wife | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on i=Destination | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | present | the herdsmen and shepherds | | | | | of aversion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of aversion=Theme | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/119/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)