--- title: The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him into the snare, she replied, “O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?” Who acts: Monkey, beast, you. 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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 (Monkey, beast, you), 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:pg21:6:31 # text = The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him into the snare, she replied, “O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 carelessly carelessly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 accusing accuse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 purposely purposely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 O o INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 31 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 over over ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | the Monkey | | | | | carelessly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past · passive | the Monkey *not said here* | | | the trap | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **accuse** | gerund | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lead** | gerund | the Monkey *not said here* | Monkey | | the snare | | purposely *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into snare=Destination | | 5 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | beast | Monkey | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | with such mind; as yours | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | beast *not said here* | | | the Beasts | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over beast=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | King | | | | | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/32/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)