--- title: At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fo… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, “I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray.” Who acts: Ass, Fox, your. 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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 (Ass, Fox, your), 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:pg21:14:30 # text = At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, “I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray.” 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 than than SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 33 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 bray bray NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | Ass *not said here* | | | | | upon a Fox | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon fox=Location | | 2 | **try** | past | Ass | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **frighten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ass *not said here* | Ass | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **hear** | past | the Fox | the sound of Ass's voice | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Ass | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **frighten** *in a quote* | might · perfect · passive | | Ass | | | | possibly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer myself=Result | | 7 | **not** **hear** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | Ass | your bray | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bray=Stimulus | | 8 | **bray** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom bray «event intransitive»: poss=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/31/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/)