--- title: A Fox heard the sound, and wishing to make a breakfast on him, came… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A Fox heard the sound, and wishing to make a breakfast on him, came and stood under the branches, saying how earnestly he desired to make the acquaintance of the owner of so magnificent a voice. Who acts: Fox, Cock. 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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 (Fox, Cock), 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:pg21:12:75 # text = A Fox heard the sound, and wishing to make a breakfast on him, came and stood under the branches, saying how earnestly he desired to make the acquaintance of the owner of so magnificent a voice. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | a Fox | the sound | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 2 | **wish** | gerund | a Fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a Fox *not said here* | a breakfast | | | | on Cock | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset breakfast=Product | | 4 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past | | | | the branches | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under branch=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **desire** | past | Cock | | | | | earnestly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cock *not said here* | the acquaintance of the owner of a magnificent voice | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product | | 9 | **acquaint** | | | the owner of a magnificent voice | | | | | nom acquaintance «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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/76/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)