--- title: But at last the Bitch, protected by the bodyguard of her Whelps, who… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: But at last the Bitch, protected by the bodyguard of her Whelps, who had now grown up and were able to defend themselves, asserted her exclusive right to the place and would not permit the shepherd to approach. Who acts: Whelps. 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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 (Whelps), 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:pg21:14:91 # text = But at last the Bitch, protected by the bodyguard of her Whelps, who had now grown up and were able to defend themselves, asserted her exclusive right to the place and would not permit the shepherd to approach. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Bitch bitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bodyguard bodyguard NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 Whelps Whelp PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 asserted assert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 exclusive exclusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | participle | | | | last | | by the bodyguard of legend's Whelps | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow up** | past · perfect | legend's Whelps | | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | legend's Whelps *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **defend** | to-infinitive | legend's Whelps *not said here* | Bitch | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary | | 5 | **assert** | past | | legend's exclusive right | the place | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent right=Theme to place=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **permit** | would | | the shepherd | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer shepherd=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **approach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/92/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/)