--- title: He approached the Bull and said, “I have slain a fine sheep, my frie… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: He approached the Bull and said, “I have slain a fine sheep, my friend; and if you will come home and partake of him with me, I shall be delighted to have your company.” Who acts: Lion, 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 (Lion, 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:pg21:12:97 # text = He approached the Bull and said, “I have slain a fine sheep, my friend; and if you will come home and partake of him with me, I shall be delighted to have your company.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 24 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 partake partake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | Lion | the Bull | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Lion | a fine sheep and my friend | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient | | 4 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **partake** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | of Lion; with Lion | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | Lion | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | your company | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/98/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)