--- title: The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: “Sir, I wish you would do… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: “Sir, I wish you would do me the favour of going around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in.” Who acts: Cock, you, favour. 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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 (Cock, you, favour), 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:pg21:12:76 # text = The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: “Sir, I wish you would do me the favour of going around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 suspecting suspect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 civilities civility NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 23 around around ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 below below ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 waking wake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suspect** | gerund | the Cock *not said here* | Cock's civilities | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent civility=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Cock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | the Cock *= cock* | Sir | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | would | you | the favour | the Cock *= cock* | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go around** *in a quote* | gerund | the favour *not said here* | | | the hollow trunk below me | | around *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to trunk=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wake** *in a quote* | gerund | the Cock *not said here* | my porter | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent porter=Patient | | 7 | **open** *in a quote* | may | Cock | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 8 | **let in** *in a quote* | infinitive | Cock *not said here* | you | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/77/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)