--- title: A Swallow, observing what she had done, said, “You silly creature! w… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A Swallow, observing what she had done, said, “You silly creature! why have you hatched these vipers which, when they shall have grown, will inflict injury on all, beginning with yourself?” Who acts: Swallow, You, creatures. 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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 (Swallow, You, creatures), 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:pg21:15:70 # text = A Swallow, observing what she had done, said, “You silly creature! why have you hatched these vipers which, when they shall have grown, will inflict injury on all, beginning with yourself?” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 17 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hatched hatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 vipers viper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 inflict inflict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 33 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | gerund | a Swallow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | Swallow | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | a Swallow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **creature** *in a quote* | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hatch** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | this vipers | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grow** *in a quote* | shall · perfect | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **inflict** *in a quote* | future | | injury | | all | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | with yourself | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with yourself=Subeventuality | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/71/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)