--- title: Supposing that the Swan’s splendid white color arose from his washin… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Supposing that the Swan’s splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. Who acts: splendid white color, Goat, Raven. 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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 (splendid white color, Goat, Raven), 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:pg21:4:42 # text = Supposing that the Swan’s splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. 1 Supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Swan Swan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 washing washing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 neighborhood neighborhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pools pool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arise** | past | the Swan's splendid white color | | | Goat's washing in the water | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **swim** | past | Goat | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory | | 4 | **leave** | past | the Raven | the altars | | the neighborhood | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent altar=Theme in neighborhood=Location | | 5 | **pick up** | past | Goat | Goat's living | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Topic | | 6 | **take up** | past | Goat *not said here* | residence | | the lakes and pools | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent residence=Value in lake=Location | | 7 | **wash** | | Goat | | | the water | | | nom washing «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place | | 8 | **live** | | Goat | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/43/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/)