--- title: They waited in the hope of seeing it enter the harbor, but as the ob… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: They waited in the hope of seeing it enter the harbor, but as the object on which they looked was driven nearer to shore by the wind, they found that it could at the most be a small boat, and not a ship. Who acts: Travelers, hope, wind. 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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 (Travelers, hope, wind), 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:pg21:8:55 # text = They waited in the hope of seeing it enter the harbor, but as the object on which they looked was driven nearer to shore by the wind, they found that it could at the most be a small boat, and not a ship. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 harbor harbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 23 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 xcomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 advcl _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Travelers *= traveler* | | | the hope | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hope=Location | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | hope | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | infinitive | hope *not said here* | the harbor | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbor=Destination | | 4 | **look** | past | Travelers *= traveler* | | | | | on the object | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on which=Theme | | 5 | **drive** | past · passive | the wind | the object | | | | near *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | | 6 | **find** | past | Travelers *= traveler* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | | | | the small boat | | | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/56/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/)