--- title: The Robber being slain, the timid companion ran up and drew his swor… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Robber being slain, the timid companion ran up and drew his sword, and then, throwing back his traveling cloak said, “I’ll at him, and I’ll take care he shall learn whom he has attacked.” Who acts: Robber, traveling cloak. 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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 (Robber, traveling cloak), 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:pg21:15:12 # text = The Robber being slain, the timid companion ran up and drew his sword, and then, throwing back his traveling cloak said, “I’ll at him, and I’ll take care he shall learn whom he has attacked.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Robber Robber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 traveling traveling NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ll 'll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 36 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | slain *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **run up** | past | the Robber | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | past | the Robber *not said here* | Robber's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 4 | **throw back** | gerund | the Robber *not said here* | | | | then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Robber's traveling cloak | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **'ll** *in a quote* | present | Robber's traveling cloak *= cloak* | | | | | at Robber | tree rules | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | future | Robber's traveling cloak *= cloak* | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 8 | **learn** *in a quote* | shall | Robber | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **attack** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/13/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)