--- title: When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in th… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired. Who acts: PEDDLER, 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 (PEDDLER, 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:pg21:5:57 # text = When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 regaining regain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 much much ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 diminished diminish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 brayed bray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 triumphantly triumphantly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | PEDDLER | | | the stream | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **fall down** | past | the Ass | the stream *not said here* | | purpose | | in the same spot; down *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stream=Result | | 3 | **regain** | gerund | PEDDLER *not said here* | PEDDLER's feet | | | | with the weight of PEDDLER's load | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 4 | **diminish** | past | PEDDLER *not said here* | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **bray** | past | PEDDLER *not said here* | | | | | triumphantly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **obtain** | past · perfect | PEDDLER | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **desire** | past | PEDDLER | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/58/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)