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title: The Thief and his Mother The Thief and the Housedog The Thief and th… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: The Thief and his Mother The Thief and the Housedog The Thief and the Innkeeper The Thieves and the Cock The Thirsty Pigeon The Three Tradesmen The Thrush and the Fowler The Tortoise and the Eagle The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Traveler and Fortune The Traveler and his Dog The Travelers an
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 75

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The Thief and his Mother The Thief and the Housedog The Thief and the Innkeeper The Thieves and the Cock The Thirsty Pigeon The Three Tradesmen The Thrush and the Fowler The Tortoise and the Eagle The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Traveler and Fortune The Traveler and his Dog The Travelers and the Plane-Tree The Trees and the Axe The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner Truth and the Traveler The Two Bags The Two Dogs The Two Frogs The Two Frogs The Two Men Who Were Enemies The Two Pots The Two Soldiers and the Robber The Two Travelers and the Axe

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**Who acts:** Two Men · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Enemies

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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 (Two Men), 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:pg21:17:75
# text = The Thief and his Mother The Thief and the Housedog The Thief and the Innkeeper The Thieves and the Cock The Thirsty Pigeon The Three Tradesmen The Thrush and the Fowler The Tortoise and the Eagle The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Traveler and Fortune The Traveler and his Dog The Travelers and the Plane-Tree The Trees and the Axe The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner Truth and the Traveler The Two Bags The Two Dogs The Two Frogs The Two Frogs The Two Men Who Were Enemies The Two Pots The Two Soldiers and the Robber The Two Travelers and the Axe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Thief	Thief	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	Housedog	Housedog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Thief	Thief	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	Innkeeper	Innkeeper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Thieves	Thief	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	list	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Cock	Cock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Thirsty	Thirsty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
24	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Three	Three	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	Tradesmen	Tradesmen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
27	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Thrush	Thrush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Fowler	Fowler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
32	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
37	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	Fortune	Fortune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
48	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
53	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Travelers	Traveler	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	Plane	Plane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
60	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	Trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	conj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Axe	Axe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
65	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	Trees	Tree	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	64	nmod	_	_
67	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	Protection	Protection	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Gods	God	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	_
73	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
74	Trumpeter	Trumpeter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	compound	_	_
75	Taken	Taken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	_
76	Prisoner	Prisoner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	_
77	Truth	Truth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	conj	_	_
81	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
82	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	83	nummod	_	_
83	Bags	Bag	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	77	nmod	_	_
84	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
85	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	86	nummod	_	_
86	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	89	nsubj	_	_
87	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
88	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	89	nummod	_	_
89	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	83	conj	_	_
90	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
91	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	92	nummod	_	_
92	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	89	conj	_	_
93	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
94	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	95	nummod	_	_
95	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	98	nsubj	_	_
96	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	98	nsubj	_	_
97	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	98	cop	_	_
98	Enemies	Enemy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	89	conj	_	_
99	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	101	det	_	_
100	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	101	nummod	_	_
101	Pots	Pot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	98	conj	_	_
102	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	104	det	_	_
103	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	104	nummod	_	_
104	Soldiers	Soldier	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	101	conj	_	_
105	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	107	cc	_	_
106	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	107	det	_	_
107	Robber	Robber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	104	conj	_	_
108	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	110	det	_	_
109	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	110	nummod	_	_
110	Travelers	Traveler	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	104	conj	_	_
111	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	113	cc	_	_
112	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	113	det	_	_
113	Axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Two Men | Enemies and the Two Pots and the Two Soldiers and the Robber and the Two Travelers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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