--- title: I have jaws well provided with teeth, and feet furnished with claws,… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: I have jaws well provided with teeth, and feet furnished with claws, and I lord it over all the beasts of the forest, and what a disgrace it is, that being such as I am, I should be frightened by the crowing of a cock.” Who acts: I, disgrace, crowing, cock. 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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 (I, disgrace, crowing, cock), 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:pg21:15:106 # text = I have jaws well provided with teeth, and feet furnished with claws, and I lord it over all the beasts of the forest, and what a disgrace it is, that being such as I am, I should be frightened by the crowing of a cock.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 lord lord VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 disgrace disgrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 cop _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 44 mark _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 crowing crowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | jaws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Patient | | 2 | **provide** | participle | | jaws *not said here* | | | | with teeth; well *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tooth=Theme | | 3 | **furnish** | participle · passive | | feet | | | | with claws | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with claw=Theme | | 4 | **lord** | present | I | foot | | all beasts of the forest | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | present | disgrace | a disgrace *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disgrace=Theme | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | such *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **frighten** | should · passive | the crowing of a cock | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **crow** | | a cock | | | | | | nom crowing «communication intransitive»: of=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/107/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)