--- title: The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?” Who acts: Ass, condition. 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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 (Ass, condition), 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:pg21:12:126 # text = The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dungcart dungcart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 thus thus ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 derided deride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 18 case _ _ 18 boaster boaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 trappings trapping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 lately lately ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 contempt contempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the Ass *not said here* | Viper | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | the Ass *not said here* | a dungcart | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dungcart=Theme | | 3 | **deride** | past | the Ass | Viper | | | | of boaster; thus *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | thy gay trappings | | | now | all *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **reduce** *in a quote* | present · passive | | thou | | | | to the condition *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to condition=Goal | | 6 | **treat** *in a quote* | participle · passive | the condition *not said here* | you | | | | with contempt; lately *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with contempt=Theme | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/127/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)