--- title: An old sly Fox, seeing this, said, “May I never make myself so ridic… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: An old sly Fox, seeing this, said, “May I never make myself so ridiculous as you do in your pride and self-conceit; for even though you have the size of a lion among wolves, in a herd of lions you are definitely a wolf.” Who acts: old sly Fox, you, your. 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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 (old sly Fox, you, your), 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:pg21:11:15 # text = An old sly Fox, seeing this, said, “May I never make myself so ridiculous as you do in your pride and self-conceit; for even though you have the size of a lion among wolves, in a herd of lions you are definitely a wolf.” 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 16 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 ridiculous ridiculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 conceit conceit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 among among ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 definitely definitely ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | a old sly Fox *not said here* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a old sly Fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | may | a old sly Fox *= fox* | a old sly Fox *= fox* | | | | ridiculous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Product | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | | | your pride and self conceit | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | the size of a lion among wolves | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a wolf | | | | definitely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pride** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom pride «feeling 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/16/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)