--- title: When all this was done, and the army disciplined, and the herald Mou… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When all this was done, and the army disciplined, and the herald Mouse had duly proclaimed war by challenging the Weasels, the newly chosen generals bound their heads with straws, that they might be more conspicuous to all their troops. Who acts: army, chosen generals, Mice. 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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 (army, chosen generals, Mice), 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:pg21:7:99 # text = When all this was done, and the army disciplined, and the herald Mouse had duly proclaimed war by challenging the Weasels, the newly chosen generals bound their heads with straws, that they might be more conspicuous to all their troops. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 disciplined discipline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 herald herald NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 duly duly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 19 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 challenging challenge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Weasels weasel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 newly newly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 generals general NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 bound bound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 straws straw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 conspicuous conspicuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **discipline** | past | the army | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **proclaim** | past · perfect · passive | | the herald | | | | duly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme war=Attribute | | 4 | **challenge** | gerund | | the Weasels | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bound** | present | the chosen generals | Mice's heads | | | | with straws | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location head=Theme | | 7 | **is** | might | Mice *= mouse* | | | | | to Mice's troops; conspicuous *property* | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/100/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)