--- title: The Farmer laughed aloud and said, “It may be all as you say, I only… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Farmer laughed aloud and said, “It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company.” Who acts: Farmer, you. 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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 (Farmer, you), 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:pg21:4:12 # text = The Farmer laughed aloud and said, “It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their company.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Farmer Farmer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 12 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Cranes Crane PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the Farmer | | | | | aloud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Farmer *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Farmer *= farmer* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | may · perfect · passive | | It | | | | with this robbers; all *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | in Cranes's company | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in company=Attribute | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/13/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/)