--- title: When however it reached the beach, they discovered that it was only… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When however it reached the beach, they discovered that it was only a large faggot of sticks, and one of them said to his companions, “We have waited for no purpose, for after all there is nothing to see but a load of wood.” Who acts: object, Travelers, one, We. 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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 (object, Travelers, one, We), 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:pg21:8:56 # text = When however it reached the beach, they discovered that it was only a large faggot of sticks, and one of them said to his companions, “We have waited for no purpose, for after all there is nothing to see but a load of wood.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 however however ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 faggot faggot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 conj _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | object | the beach | | | | however *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent beach=Theme | | 2 | **discover** | past | Travelers *= traveler* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | object | a large faggot | | | | of sticks | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of Travelers | | Lion's companions | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **wait** *in a quote* | present · perfect | We | | | | | for no purpose | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/57/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/)