--- title: The Frog that lived in the pond warned his friend to change his resi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Frog that lived in the pond warned his friend to change his residence and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that he would enjoy greater safety from danger and more abundant food. Who acts: Frog, One. 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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 (Frog, One), 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:pg21:11:26 # text = The Frog that lived in the pond warned his friend to change his residence and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that he would enjoy greater safety from danger and more abundant food. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 amod _ _ 36 abundant abundant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the Frog | | | the pond | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the Frog | | One's friend | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 3 | **change** | to-infinitive | the Frog *not said here* | One's residence | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent residence=Patient | | 4 | **entreat** | past | the Frog *not said here* | One | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | the Frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **live** | infinitive | the Frog *not said here* | | | | | with One | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **enjoy** | would | One | greater safety | | danger and more abundant food | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer safety=Stimulus | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/27/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)