--- title: The Lion roaring out in a rage against him, the Fox sought an opport… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Lion roaring out in a rage against him, the Fox sought an opportunity to defend himself and said, “And who of all those who have come to you have benefited you so much as I, who have traveled from place to place in every direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of heal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/) / 93 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 11, sentence 93 The Lion roaring out in a rage against him, the Fox sought an opportunity to defend himself and said, “And who of all those who have come to you have benefited you so much as I, who have traveled from place to place in every direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of healing you?” **Who acts:** Lion · **What happens:** roar out, seek, defend, say, come, benefit · **To what, where:** rage, opportunity, lion, you, those, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lion), 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:pg21:13:93 # text = The Lion roaring out in a rage against him, the Fox sought an opportunity to defend himself and said, “And who of all those who have come to you have benefited you so much as I, who have traveled from place to place in every direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of healing you?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 roaring roar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 27 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 benefited benefit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 traveled travel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 nsubj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 conj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 nsubj _ _ 61 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 62 of of SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 63 healing heal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 ccomp _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar out** | gerund | the Lion and the Fox *not said here* | | | a rage against lion | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rage=Location | | 2 | **seek** | past | the Lion and the Fox | a opportunity | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **defend** | to-infinitive | the Lion and the Fox *not said here* | lion | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the Lion and the Fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | you | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **benefit** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | those | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **travel** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | place | | to place in every direction | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination | | 8 | **seek** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **learn** *in a quote* | participle | | | | the physicians | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from physician=Source | | 10 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **heal** *in a quote* | gerund | | you | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/94/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/13/)