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title: The Farmer and the Cranes The Farmer and the Fox The Farmer and the… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: The Farmer and the Cranes The Farmer and the Fox The Farmer and the Snake The Farmer and His Sons The Farmer and the Stork The Father And His Sons The Father and His Two Daughters The Fawn and His Mother The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle The Fir-Tree and the Bramble The Fisherman and His Nets The Fis
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 61

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The Farmer and the Cranes The Farmer and the Fox The Farmer and the Snake The Farmer and His Sons The Farmer and the Stork The Father And His Sons The Father and His Two Daughters The Fawn and His Mother The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle The Fir-Tree and the Bramble The Fisherman and His Nets The Fisherman and the Little Fish The Fisherman Piping The Fishermen The Flea and the Man The Flea and the Ox The Flea and the Wrestler The Flies and the Honey-Pot The Fly and the Draught-Mule The Fowler and the Viper The Fox and the Bramble The Fox and the Crane The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Goat The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Hedgehog The Fox and the Leopard The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Mask The Fox and the Monkey The Fox and the Monkey The Fox and the Woodcutter The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail The Frogs Asking for a King The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun

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**Who acts:** Fox, Frogs · **What happens:** lose, ask, complain · **To what, where:** Tail, Complaint

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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 (Fox, Frogs), 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:pg21:17:61
# text = The Farmer and the Cranes The Farmer and the Fox The Farmer and the Snake The Farmer and His Sons The Farmer and the Stork The Father And His Sons The Father and His Two Daughters The Fawn and His Mother The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle The Fir-Tree and the Bramble The Fisherman and His Nets The Fisherman and the Little Fish The Fisherman Piping The Fishermen The Flea and the Man The Flea and the Ox The Flea and the Wrestler The Flies and the Honey-Pot The Fly and the Draught-Mule The Fowler and the Viper The Fox and the Bramble The Fox and the Crane The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Goat The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Hedgehog The Fox and the Leopard The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Mask The Fox and the Monkey The Fox and the Monkey The Fox and the Woodcutter The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail The Frogs Asking for a King The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Cranes	Crane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	Sons	Son	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Stork	Stork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
28	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	Sons	Son	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	Daughters	Daughter	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
37	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Fawn	Fawn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
42	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	Fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	Cocks	cock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
49	Fir	Fir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Bramble	Bramble	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	_
55	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	Nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
60	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	appos	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	Fish	Fish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
66	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	_
68	Piping	Piping	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
69	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	Fishermen	Fishermen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
71	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Flea	Flea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	appos	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
76	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	Flea	Flea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	Ox	Ox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
81	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	Flea	Flea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	appos	_	_
83	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	Wrestler	Wrestler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
86	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	Flies	Fly	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	85	nmod	_	_
88	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
89	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
90	Honey	Honey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	90	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	Pot	Pot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
93	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	Fly	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	appos	_	_
95	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	99	cc	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	99	det	_	_
97	Draught	Draught	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	99	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	97	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	Mule	Mule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
100	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	101	det	_	_
101	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	99	appos	_	_
102	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	104	cc	_	_
103	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	104	det	_	_
104	Viper	Viper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
105	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	106	det	_	_
106	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	appos	_	_
107	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	109	cc	_	_
108	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	109	det	_	_
109	Bramble	Bramble	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
110	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	111	det	_	_
111	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	109	appos	_	_
112	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	114	cc	_	_
113	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	114	det	_	_
114	Crane	Crane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
115	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	116	det	_	_
116	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	114	appos	_	_
117	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	119	cc	_	_
118	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	119	det	_	_
119	Crow	Crow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
120	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	121	det	_	_
121	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	119	appos	_	_
122	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	124	cc	_	_
123	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	124	det	_	_
124	Goat	Goat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
125	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	126	det	_	_
126	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	124	appos	_	_
127	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	129	cc	_	_
128	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	129	det	_	_
129	Grapes	Grape	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	61	nmod	_	_
130	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	131	det	_	_
131	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	129	nmod:unmarked	_	_
132	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	134	cc	_	_
133	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	134	det	_	_
134	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
135	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	136	det	_	_
136	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	134	appos	_	_
137	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	139	cc	_	_
138	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	139	det	_	_
139	Leopard	Leopard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
140	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	141	det	_	_
141	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	139	appos	_	_
142	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	144	cc	_	_
143	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	144	det	_	_
144	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
145	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	146	det	_	_
146	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	144	appos	_	_
147	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	149	cc	_	_
148	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	149	det	_	_
149	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
150	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	151	det	_	_
151	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	149	appos	_	_
152	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	154	cc	_	_
153	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	154	det	_	_
154	Mask	Mask	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
155	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	156	det	_	_
156	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	154	appos	_	_
157	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	159	cc	_	_
158	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	159	det	_	_
159	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
160	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	161	det	_	_
161	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	159	appos	_	_
162	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	164	cc	_	_
163	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	164	det	_	_
164	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
165	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	166	det	_	_
166	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	164	appos	_	_
167	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	169	cc	_	_
168	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	169	det	_	_
169	Woodcutter	Woodcutter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
170	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	171	det	_	_
171	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	_
172	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	174	nsubj	_	_
173	Had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	174	aux	_	_
174	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	171	acl:relcl	_	_
175	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	176	nmod:poss	_	_
176	Tail	Tail	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	174	obj	_	_
177	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	178	det	_	_
178	Frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	174	obj	_	_
179	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	178	acl	_	_
180	for	for	ADP	IN	_	182	case	_	_
181	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	182	det	_	_
182	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	179	obl	_	_
183	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	184	det	_	_
184	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	186	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
185	’	's	PART	POS	_	184	case	_	_
186	Complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	179	obj	_	_
187	Against	against	ADP	IN	_	189	case	_	_
188	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	189	det	_	_
189	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	179	obl	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | the Fox | Lion's Tail |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the Frogs *not said here* | the Frogs's Complaint |  |  |  | for a King; against the Sun | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent complaint=Recipient |
| 3 | **complain** |  | the Frogs |  |  |  |  |  | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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