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title: Æthiop The Ant and the Dove The Ants and the Grasshopper The Apes an… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: Æthiop The Ant and the Dove The Ants and the Grasshopper The Apes and the Two Travelers The Ass and the Charger The Ass and His Driver The Ass and the Frogs The Ass and the Grasshopper The Ass and his Masters The Ass and his Purchaser The Ass and his Shadow The Ass and the Horse The Ass and the Lapd
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 56

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Æthiop The Ant and the Dove The Ants and the Grasshopper The Apes and the Two Travelers The Ass and the Charger The Ass and His Driver The Ass and the Frogs The Ass and the Grasshopper The Ass and his Masters The Ass and his Purchaser The Ass and his Shadow The Ass and the Horse The Ass and the Lapdog The Ass and the Mule The Ass and the Old Shepherd The Ass and the Wolf The Ass Carrying the Image The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion The Ass in the Lion’s Skin The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion The Astronomer

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**Who acts:** Ass · **What happens:** carry · **To what, where:** Image

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ass), 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:pg21:17:56
# text = Æthiop The Ant and the Dove The Ants and the Grasshopper The Apes and the Two Travelers The Ass and the Charger The Ass and His Driver The Ass and the Frogs The Ass and the Grasshopper The Ass and his Masters The Ass and his Purchaser The Ass and his Shadow The Ass and the Horse The Ass and the Lapdog The Ass and the Mule The Ass and the Old Shepherd The Ass and the Wolf The Ass Carrying the Image The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion The Ass in the Lion’s Skin The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion The Astronomer
1	Æthiop	Æthiop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Ant	Ant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Dove	Dove	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Ants	Ant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Apes	Ape	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	Travelers	Traveler	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
18	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Charger	Charger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
23	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	Driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
28	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
33	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod:unmarked	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
38	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	Masters	Master	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
43	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	Purchaser	Purchaser	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
48	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	Shadow	Shadow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
53	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	appos	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	Horse	Horse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
58	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	Ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	appos	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	Lapdog	Lapdog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
63	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Mule	Mule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
68	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	appos	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
74	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	flat	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
79	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	Ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
81	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	80	acl	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	Image	Image	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	obj	_	_
84	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	Cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	94	punct	_	_
90	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	94	cc	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	94	compound	_	_
93	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
95	in	in	ADP	IN	_	99	case	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
97	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	99	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	’s	's	PART	POS	_	97	case	_	_
99	Skin	Skin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	94	nmod	_	_
100	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	101	det	_	_
101	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	99	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	104	punct	_	_
103	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	104	det	_	_
104	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	108	punct	_	_
106	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	108	cc	_	_
107	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	108	det	_	_
108	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
109	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	110	det	_	_
110	Astronomer	Astronomer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	108	flat	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | the Ass *not said here* | the Image |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Theme |

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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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