--- title: All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, a… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, and in the scuffle with their owners, wounded with a sword the Mule carrying the treasure, which they greedily seized while taking no notice of the grain. Who acts: All, Mule, Mules. 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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 (All, Mule, Mules), 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:pg21:15:126 # text = All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, and in the scuffle with their owners, wounded with a sword the Mule carrying the treasure, which they greedily seized while taking no notice of the grain. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 scuffle scuffle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 greedily greedily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | All | | | Mules's hiding places | | upon Mules *= mule*; in the scuffle with Mules's owners | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory | | 2 | **wound** | participle | | the scuffle with Mules's owners *not said here* | | | | with a sword and the Mule | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | the Mule *not said here* | the treasure | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 4 | **seize** | past | Mules *= mule* | the treasure | | | | greedily *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | Mules *= mule* *not said here* | no notice of the grain | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 6 | **notice** | | | the grain | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/127/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)