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title: The Oak and the Reeds The Oak and the Woodcutters The Oaks and Jupit… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: The Oak and the Reeds The Oak and the Woodcutters The Oaks and Jupiter The Old Hound The Old Lion The Old Man and Death The Old Woman and the Physician The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree The One-Eyed Doe The Owl and the Birds The Ox and the Frog The Oxen and the Axle-Tree
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 70

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The Oak and the Reeds The Oak and the Woodcutters The Oaks and Jupiter The Old Hound The Old Lion The Old Man and Death The Old Woman and the Physician The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree The One-Eyed Doe The Owl and the Birds The Ox and the Frog The Oxen and the Axle-Trees The Oxen and the Butchers

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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: 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:pg21:17:70
# text = The Oak and the Reeds The Oak and the Woodcutters The Oaks and Jupiter The Old Hound The Old Lion The Old Man and Death The Old Woman and the Physician The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree The One-Eyed Doe The Owl and the Birds The Ox and the Frog The Oxen and the Axle-Trees The Oxen and the Butchers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Oak	Oak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Reeds	Reed	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Oak	Oak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Woodcutters	Woodcutter	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Oaks	Oak	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Hound	Hound	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
18	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
26	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Physician	Physician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
32	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	Wine	Wine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	Jar	Jar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
40	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	Olive	Olive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
46	Fig	Fig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
49	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
50	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	Eyed	Eyed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	Doe	Doe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
54	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Owl	Owl	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	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	_
59	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	_
64	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	Oxen	Oxen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	appos	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
68	Axle	Axle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	Trees	Trees	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	conj	_	_
71	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Oxen	Oxen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	flat	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	Butchers	butcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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