--- title: A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry ya… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire. Who acts: FARMER, ample revenge. 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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 (FARMER, ample revenge), 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:pg21:9:102 # text = A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 FARMER farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 grudge grudge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 robbing rob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 poultry poultry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 24 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 ample ample ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 soaked soak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past | a FARMER | a grudge | | | | against a Fox | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grudge=Patient | | 2 | **rob** | gerund | a FARMER *not said here* | Fox's poultry yard | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yard=Source | | 3 | **catch** | past | a FARMER | Fox | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at last=Asset | | 4 | **is** | gerund | a FARMER *not said here* | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | a FARMER *not said here* | a ample revenge | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme | | 6 | **tie** | participle | a ample revenge *not said here* | some rope | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | | 7 | **soak** | participle | | some rope *not said here* | | | | to Fox's tail; in oil; well *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in oil=Theme | | 8 | **set** | infinitive | a FARMER *not said here* | rope | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on fire=Destination | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/103/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)