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title: A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabita
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 5, sentence 64

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A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.

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**Who acts:** LION, waves, one, king · **What happens:** roam, see, suggest, contract, say, be · **To what, where:** Dolphin lift, waves, alliance, best friends, sovereign ruler · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (LION, waves, one, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg21:7:64
# text = A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	LION	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	roaming	roam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seashore	seashore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Dolphin	Dolphin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	suggested	suggest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	contract	contract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	ccomp	_	_
24	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	alliance	alliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	fixed	_	_
30	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	32	det:predet	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	39	amod	_	_
39	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	since	since	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
49	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	parataxis	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	acl:relcl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	63	det:predet	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | gerund | a LION *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the seashore | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by seashore=Trajectory |
| 2 | **see** | past | a LION | a Dolphin lift |  | the waves |  | up lift's head | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lift=Stimulus |
| 3 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **contract** | present | waves *= wave* | a alliance |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent alliance=Patient |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | waves *= wave* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | waves *= wave* *not said here* | the best friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | the one |  |  |  | since the king | of beasts on the earth | tree rules |
| 8 | **is a** | past | the king | the sovereign ruler |  |  |  | of all inhabitants of the ocean | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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