--- title: A very old Mouse, who had escaped many a trap and snare, observed fr… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A very old Mouse, who had escaped many a trap and snare, observed from a safe distance the trick of his crafty foe and said, “Ah! you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!” Who acts: old Mouse, you. 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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 (old Mouse, you), 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:pg21:12:30 # text = A very old Mouse, who had escaped many a trap and snare, observed from a safe distance the trick of his crafty foe and said, “Ah! you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 40 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 proportion proportion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 ccomp _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 pretend pretend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past · perfect | a old Mouse | a many trap and snare | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trap=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **observe** | participle | | a many trap and snare *not said here* | | | | from a safe distance the trick of Acquaintance's crafty foe | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a old Mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | you | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **prosper** *in a quote* | may | you | | | the same proportion | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in proportion=Location | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pretend** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **trick** | | | Acquaintance's crafty foe | | | | | nom trick «act 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/31/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)