--- title: The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accu… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the Fox to the Lion of not paying any respect to him who had the rule over them all and of not coming to visit him. Who acts: Wolf, lion, respect. 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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, lion, respect), 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:pg21:13:91 # text = The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the Fox to the Lion of not paying any respect to him who had the rule over them all and of not coming to visit him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 capital capital ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 accused accuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | lion | a capital opportunity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | | 3 | **accuse** | past | the Wolf | the Fox | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 4 | **not** **pay** | gerund | the Lion | any respect | | | | to Frog | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Asset | | 5 | **have** | past | any respect | the rule | | | | over Wolf | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | | 6 | **not** **come** | gerund | any respect *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **visit** | to-infinitive | any respect *not said here* | lion | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/92/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/)