--- title: While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to disc… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. Who acts: two, Venus, Cat, shape. 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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 (two, Venus, Cat, shape), 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:pg21:16:54 # text = While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 reclining recline VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recline** | past · progressive | the two | | | Cat's chamber | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location | | 2 | **wish** | gerund | Venus | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **discover** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Venus *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **alter** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the Cat in Venus's change of shape | Venus's habits of life | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent habit=Patient | | 5 | **let down** | infinitive | Venus *not said here* | a mouse | | the middle of the room | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 6 | **change** | | shape | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/55/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/)