--- title: Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take it, and fitti… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take it, and fitting his twigs to a proper length, watched intently, having his whole thoughts directed towards the sky. Who acts: Viper, thrush, whole thoughts. 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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 (Viper, thrush, whole thoughts), 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:pg21:12:117 # text = Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take it, and fitting his twigs to a proper length, watched intently, having his whole thoughts directed towards the sky. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 thrush thrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fitting fit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 25 intently intently ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Viper *not said here* | a thrush | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thrush=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | a thrush *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon tree=Location | | 3 | **wish** | past | Viper | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Viper *not said here* | thrush | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **fit** | gerund | Viper *not said here* | Viper's twigs | | | | to a proper length *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent twig=Patient to length=Goal | | 6 | **watch** | past | Viper *not said here* | | | | | intently *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | gerund | Viper *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **direct** | past | Viper's whole thoughts | | | | | towards the sky | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **think** | | Viper | | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/118/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)