--- title: As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, he heard a M… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, he heard a Mother say to her child, “Be quiet, or I will throw you out of the window, and the Wolf shall eat you.” Who acts: Wolf, Mother, Thrush. 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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 (Wolf, Mother, Thrush), 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:pg21:15:62 # text = As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, he heard a Mother say to her child, “Be quiet, or I will throw you out of the window, and the Wolf shall eat you.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Wolf | the door of a cottage | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Trajectory | | 2 | **build** | participle | | a cottage *not said here* | | | | in the forest | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in forest=Attribute | | 3 | **hear** | past | Wolf | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a Mother | | lamb's child | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **throw** *in a quote* | future | the Thrush *= thrush* | you | | the window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent you=Theme out window=Destination | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | shall | the Wolf | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/63/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)