--- title: On seeing the rapid disappearance of the Frogs, one of the Hares cri… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On seeing the rapid disappearance of the Frogs, one of the Hares cried out to his companions: “Stay, my friends, do not do as you intended; for you now see that there are creatures who are still more timid than ourselves.” Who acts: companions, creatures, Frogs. 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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 (companions, creatures, Frogs), 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:pg21:8:124 # text = On seeing the rapid disappearance of the Frogs, one of the Hares cried out to his companions: “Stay, my friends, do not do as you intended; for you now see that there are creatures who are still more timid than ourselves.” 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Frogs Frog PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 14 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 45 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 than than ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | the rapid disappearance of the Frogs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disappearance=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | | | noise's companions | | | of the Hares | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my friends | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **intend** *in a quote* | past | noise's companions *= companion* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | noise's companions *= companion* | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **does** *in a quote* | present | creatures | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | creatures | | | | still | than ourselves; timid *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **disappear** | | the Frogs | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/125/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/)