--- title: THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of th… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below. Who acts: Hares. 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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 (Hares), 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:pg21:8:122 # text = THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below. 1 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 HARES hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 oppressed oppress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 exceeding exceed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 timidity timidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 perpetual perpetual NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 45 below below ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oppress** | participle | | the HARES *not said here* | | | | by Hares's own exceeding timidity | tree rules | | 2 | **exceed** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **expose** | past · passive | | Hares *= hare* | the perpetual alarm | | | with one accord | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to which=Recipient | | 4 | **determine** | participle | | one accord *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **put** | to-infinitive | | a end | Hares *= hare* | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 6 | **jump** | gerund | | | | a lofty precipice | | into a deep lake *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lake=Result | | 7 | **trouble** | | Hares *= hare* | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/123/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/)