--- title: Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: “I know, frie… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: “I know, friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before I die I would ask of you one favour you will play me a tune to which I may dance.” Who acts: tree, one favour. 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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 (tree, one favour), 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:pg21:11:83 # text = Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: “I know, friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before I die I would ask of you one favour you will play me a tune to which I may dance.” 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ 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 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:desc _ _ 19 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **escape** | could | tree | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **turn round** | past | tree | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | tree | | | | | Wolf friend *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | tree | your prey | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | present | tree | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | would | tree | | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **play** *in a quote* | future | one favour | a tune | tree | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary tune=Theme | | 10 | **dance** *in a quote* | may | tree | | | a tune | | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to which=Trajectory | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/84/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)