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title: The Laborer and the Snake The Lamb and the Wolf The Lamp The Lark an… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: The Laborer and the Snake The Lamb and the Wolf The Lamp The Lark and Her Young Ones The Lark Burying Her Father The Lion and the Boar The Lion and the Bull The Lion and the Dolphin The Lion and the Eagle The Lion and the Fox The Lion and the Hare The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Shepherd The
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 67

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The Laborer and the Snake The Lamb and the Wolf The Lamp The Lark and Her Young Ones The Lark Burying Her Father The Lion and the Boar The Lion and the Bull The Lion and the Dolphin The Lion and the Eagle The Lion and the Fox The Lion and the Hare The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Shepherd The Lion and the Three Bulls The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass The Lion in a Farmyard The Lion in Love The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox The Lioness

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**Who acts:** Laborer · **What happens:** bury · **To what, where:** Father

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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 (Laborer), 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:pg21:17:67
# text = The Laborer and the Snake The Lamb and the Wolf The Lamp The Lark and Her Young Ones The Lark Burying Her Father The Lion and the Boar The Lion and the Bull The Lion and the Dolphin The Lion and the Eagle The Lion and the Fox The Lion and the Hare The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Shepherd The Lion and the Three Bulls The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass The Lion in a Farmyard The Lion in Love The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox The Lioness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Laborer	Laborer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Lamb	Lamb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Lamp	Lamp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Lark	Lark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Ones	One	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
19	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Lark	Lark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	Burying	bury	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
22	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Boar	Boar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
29	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Bull	Bull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
34	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Dolphin	Dolphin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
39	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
49	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
54	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
59	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
64	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	appos	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	Three	Three	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	compound	_	_
69	Bulls	Bull	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	conj	_	_
70	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
79	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
85	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	87	cc	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	Ass	Ass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	conj	_	_
88	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	appos	_	_
90	in	in	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
91	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	Farmyard	Farmyard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	nmod	_	_
93	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	conj	_	_
95	in	in	ADP	IN	_	96	case	_	_
96	Love	Love	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	94	nmod	_	_
97	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	100	punct	_	_
100	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	98	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	104	punct	_	_
102	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	104	cc	_	_
103	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	104	det	_	_
104	Elephant	Elephant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	conj	_	_
105	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	106	det	_	_
106	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	104	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	_
108	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	109	det	_	_
109	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	113	punct	_	_
111	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	113	cc	_	_
112	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	113	det	_	_
113	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	104	conj	_	_
114	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	115	det	_	_
115	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	113	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
116	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	118	punct	_	_
117	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	118	det	_	_
118	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	113	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	122	punct	_	_
120	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	122	cc	_	_
121	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	122	det	_	_
122	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	113	conj	_	_
123	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	124	det	_	_
124	Lioness	lioness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	122	appos	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund | the Laborer and the Snake and the Wolf and the Lamp and Wolf's Young Ones | Wolf's Father |  |  |  | the Lion and the Boar and the Bull and the Dolphin and the Eagle and the Fox *obl*; the Fox and the Ass in a Farmyard and the Lion in Love and the Lion and Jupiter and the Elephant and the Fox and the Wolf and the Fox *obl* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent father=Theme lion=Destination |

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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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