--- title: When each had fully stated his case the Ape announced this sentence:… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When each had fully stated his case the Ape announced this sentence: “I do not think you, Wolf, ever lost what you claim; and I do believe you, Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny.” Who acts: Ape, 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 (Ape, 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:pg21:13:32 # text = When each had fully stated his case the Ape announced this sentence: “I do not think you, Wolf, ever lost what you claim; and I do believe you, Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 fully fully ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Ape Ape PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux _ _ 39 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 stoutly stoutly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 44 deny deny VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | each | | | | fully *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the Ape | this sentence | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Ape *= ape* | you | | | | Wolf *vocative* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | the Ape *= ape* *not said here* | | | | ever | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **claim** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Ape *= ape* | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **steal** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect | | you | | | | stoutly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | | 8 | **deny** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/33/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/)