--- title: Among the many plans suggested, the one that found most favour was t… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Among the many plans suggested, the one that found most favour was the proposal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, so that the Mice, being warned by the sound of the tinkling, might run away and hide themselves in their holes at his approach. Who acts: many plans, one, Cat. 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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 (many plans, one, Cat), 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:pg21:7:87 # text = Among the many plans suggested, the one that found most favour was the proposal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, so that the Mice, being warned by the sound of the tinkling, might run away and hide themselves in their holes at his approach. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 suggested suggest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tinkling tinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 approach approach NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past | the many plans | | | | | so the Mice | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | past | the one | most favour | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | the one | the proposal | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tie** | to-infinitive | the many plans *not said here* | a bell | | | | to the neck of the Cat | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bell=Patient to neck=Co-Patient | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: clause=Topic | | 6 | **run away** | might | | | | | | by the sound of the tinkling; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sound=Trajectory | | 7 | **hide** | present | | Mice *= mouse* | | Mice's holes | | at Cat's approach | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in hole=Location | | 8 | **approach** | | Cat | | | | | | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/88/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)