--- title: The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground,… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. Who acts: Bear, One. 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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 (Bear, One), 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:pg21:4:77 # text = The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 flat flat ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 22 up up ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 snout snout NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 smelt smelt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 over over ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 feigned feign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obj _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **attack** | must · passive | | One | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **fall** | past | | | | the ground | | flat *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | | 4 | **come up** | past | the Bear | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past | | One | | | | with One's snout | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **smelt** | past | | One | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hold** | past | One | One's breath | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 8 | **feign** | past | | the appearance of death | | | | | tree rules | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/78/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/)