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title: So also the fables of the “Swollen Fox” and of the “Frogs asking a K… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: So also the fables of the “Swollen Fox” and of the “Frogs asking a King” were spoken by Æsop for the immediate purpose of reconciling the inhabitants of Samos and Athens to their respective rulers, Periander and Pisistratus; while the fable of the “Horse and Stag” was composed to caution the inhabit
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 131

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So also the fables of the “Swollen Fox” and of the “Frogs asking a King” were spoken by Æsop for the immediate purpose of reconciling the inhabitants of Samos and Athens to their respective rulers, Periander and Pisistratus; while the fable of the “Horse and Stag” was composed to caution the inhabitants of Himera against granting a bodyguard to Phalaris.

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**Who acts:** Frogs, Æsop, immediate purpose, inhabitants · **What happens:** ask, speak, reconcile, compose, caution, grant · **To what, where:** King, fables, inhabitants, fable, bodyguard, Phalaris · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Frogs, Æsop, immediate purpose, inhabitants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg21:16:131
# text = So also the fables of the “Swollen Fox” and of the “Frogs asking a King” were spoken by Æsop for the immediate purpose of reconciling the inhabitants of Samos and Athens to their respective rulers, Periander and Pisistratus; while the fable of the “Horse and Stag” was composed to caution the inhabitants of Himera against granting a bodyguard to Phalaris.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
16	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
29	reconciling	reconcile	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	acl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Samos	Samos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	respective	respective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	Periander	Periander	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	Pisistratus	Pisistratus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
45	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	Horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	Stag	Stag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	53	punct	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	caution	caution	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	xcomp	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Himera	Himera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
63	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
64	granting	grant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	advcl	_	_
65	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	bodyguard	bodyguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
67	to	to	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Phalaris	Phalaris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | the Frogs *not said here* |  | a King |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | Æsop | the fables of the Swollen Fox and the Frogs |  |  |  | for the immediate purpose | tree rules |
| 3 | **reconcile** | gerund | the immediate purpose *not said here* | the inhabitants of Samos and Athens |  |  |  | to Fables's respective rulers | tree rules |
| 4 | **compose** | past · passive |  | the fable of the Horse and Stag |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **caution** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the inhabitants of Himera |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **grant** | gerund | the inhabitants of Himera *not said here* | a bodyguard | Phalaris |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent bodyguard=Theme to phalaris=Goal |

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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.

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**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.

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