--- title: The Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass, with his heels, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped away. Who acts: Wolf, feeding. 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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 (Wolf, feeding), 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:pg21:12:86 # text = The Wolf consented and lifted up the foot, and was giving his whole mind to the discovery of the thorn, when the Ass, with his heels, kicked his teeth into his mouth and galloped away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Ass Ass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | the Wolf | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lift up** | past | the Wolf *not said here* | the foot | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past · progressive | the Wolf *not said here* | feeding's whole mind | the Ass | | | to the discovery of the thorn; with feeding's heels | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ass=Recipient mind=Theme | | 4 | **kick** | past | the Wolf *not said here* | feeding's teeth | | | | into feeding's mouth *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient into mouth=Result | | 5 | **gallop away** | past | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **mind** | | feeding | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **discover** | | | the thorn | | | | | nom discovery «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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/87/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)