--- title: Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. Who acts: Muleteer. 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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), 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:pg21:5:23 # text = Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Muleteer Muleteer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 addition addition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod _ _ 37 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Ass Ass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 after after SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 skinned skin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | the Muleteer *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Muleteer *not said here* | | | a wild region | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **place** | past | the Muleteer | | | | | upon the Mule | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon mule=Destination | | 4 | **carry** | participle | | the load *not said here* | | addition to MULETEER's own | | by the Ass | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in addition=Location | | 5 | **place** | participle | the Muleteer *not said here* | the hide of the Ass | | the top of all | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hide=Theme at top=Destination | | 6 | **skin** | past · perfect | MULETEER | Mule | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/24/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)