--- title: The Viper, turning about, stung him, and falling into a swoon, the m… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Viper, turning about, stung him, and falling into a swoon, the man said to himself, “Woe is me! that while I purposed to hunt another, I am myself fallen unawares into the snares of death.” Who acts: Viper, man, Woe. 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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, man, Woe), 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:pg21:12:119 # text = The Viper, turning about, stung him, and falling into a swoon, the man said to himself, “Woe is me! that while I purposed to hunt another, I am myself fallen unawares into the snares of death.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Viper Viper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 stung sting VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 swoon swoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ _ 28 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 purposed purpose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 39 unawares unaware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 snares snare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn about** | gerund | the Viper *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sting** | past | the Viper | gift | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **fall** | gerund | the Viper *not said here* | | | | | into a swoon *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into swoon=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the man | that | Viper | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Woe | the man *= man* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **purpose** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the man *= man* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **hunt** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the man *= man* *not said here* | another | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme | | 8 | **fall** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the man *= man* | | the snares of death | | | tree rules | | 9 | **snare** *in a quote* | | | death | | | | | nom snare «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/120/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)