--- title: The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods an… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all. Who acts: Jackdaw, feathers. 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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 (Jackdaw, feathers), 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:pg21:5:109 # text = The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Jackdaw Jackdaw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 of of 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 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 41 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 47 advmod _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | the Jackdaw *not said here* | JUPITER's own ugliness | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ugliness=Stimulus | | 2 | **search** | participle | | JUPITER's own ugliness *not said here* | | the woods and fields | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through wood=Location | | 3 | **collect** | past | the Jackdaw | the feathers | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past · perfect | the feathers | | | the wings of JUPITER's companions | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wing=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **stick** | past | the Jackdaw *not said here* | feathers *= feather* | | all parts of JUPITER's body | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in part=Destination | | 6 | **hope** | gerund | the Jackdaw *not said here* | | | | | thereby *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | the Jackdaw *not said here* | JUPITER | | | | beautiful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset himself=Product | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/110/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)