--- title: The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load wi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. Who acts: MULETEER, 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 (MULETEER, 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:pg21:5:20 # text = The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 traveled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 along along ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 ascend ascend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 steep steep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 obj _ _ 38 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | MULETEER | | | the plain | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along plain=Trajectory | | 2 | **carry** | past | the Ass | MULETEER's load | | | | with ease | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | MULETEER | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ascend** | to-infinitive | MULETEER *not said here* | the steep path of the mountain | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Trajectory | | 5 | **feel** | past | the Ass *not said here* | MULETEER's load | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | could | MULETEER | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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/pg21/5/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/21/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)