--- title: The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, “It is time now t… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, “It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself.” Who acts: Lark, harvest, man, brood. 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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 (Lark, harvest, man, brood), 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:pg21:12:68 # text = The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, “It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brood brood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 ccomp _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 no no ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 trusts trust VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 reap reap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 45 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the Lark *not said here* | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lark | | bird's brood and my little ones | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brood=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | harvest | time | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the man | | | | time | earn *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **trust** *in a quote* | present | brood | brood's friends | | | | long *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | | 6 | **reap** *in a quote* | future | brood *not said here* | the field brood | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/69/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)