--- title: AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. Who acts: AN ASS, Grasshoppers, Ass. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (AN ASS, Grasshoppers, Ass), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **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:pg21:3:20 # text = AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. 1 AN an ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ASS ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 Grasshoppers grasshopper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 chirping chirp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 highly highly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 desiring desire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 26 det _ _ 26 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 on on ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | AN ASS *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | participle | AN ASS *not said here* | some Grasshoppers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer grasshopper=Stimulus | | 3 | **chirp** | gerund | some Grasshoppers *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **enchant** | past · passive | | AN ASS | | | | highly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **desire** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **possess** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the same charms of melody | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot charm=Theme | | 7 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | | what sort of food | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sort=Precondition | | 8 | **live on** | past | Ass | food *not said here* | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme food=Location | | 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | Ass *not said here* | such beautiful voices | Ass | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient voice=Theme | | 10 | **sort** | | | food | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/21/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/)