--- title: A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it. 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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 (Fox, meat, beast), 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:pg21:6:30 # text = A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 envying envy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 trove trove NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 counseled counsel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 62 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **envy** | gerund | a Fox *not said here* | Monkey | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **discover** | past | a Fox | a piece of meat | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | meat *not said here* | | | a trap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in trap=Location | | 4 | **lead** | gerund | a Fox *not said here* | the Monkey | | the place | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme to place=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | beast | a store | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Topic | | 7 | **not** **use** | past · perfect | | store | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **keep** | past · perfect | beast | store | | | | for Monkey; as treasure trove of Monkey's kingdom | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **counsel** *speech: other* | past | | | Monkey | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 10 | **lay** | to-infinitive | | hold of piece | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | | 11 | **hold** | | | piece | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/31/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)