--- title: A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing hi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. Who acts: Dolphin, Monkey. 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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 (Dolphin, Monkey), 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:pg21:11:89 # text = A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dolphin Dolphin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 contending contend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 befriend befriend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 under under ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | a Dolphin | the Monkey | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer monkey=Stimulus | | 2 | **contend** | gerund | the Monkey *not said here* | | | | | with the waves | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with wave=Co-Agent | | 3 | **suppose** | gerund | a Dolphin *not said here* | Dolphin | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a Dolphin *not said here* | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Dolphin | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **befriend** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **place** | past | | Dolphin | | | | under Dolphin | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme under he=Destination | | 9 | **convey** | to-infinitive | | Dolphin | the shore | Dolphin's back | | in safety | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Topic to shore=Recipient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/90/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)