--- title: The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care f… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins. Who acts: Draught Mule. 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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 (Draught Mule), 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:pg21:13:10 # text = The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Mule Mule PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 heed heed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 above above ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 quickens quicken VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Draught Mule | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **heed** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Draught Mule *= mule* | your threats | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threat=Theme | | 3 | **care** *in a quote* | present | the Draught Mule *= mule* | | | | | for Mule | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | above you | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above you=Location | | 5 | **quicken** *in a quote* | present | | my pace | | | | with Mule's whip | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pace=Patient with whip=Instrument | | 6 | **hold back** *in a quote* | present | | the Draught Mule *= mule* | | | | with the reins | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/11/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/)