--- title: Taking it up, the man returned to the same place, to find that the w… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Taking it up, the man returned to the same place, to find that the wall under which he had been sitting had fallen to pieces; and he marveled at the service rendered him by the Eagle. Who acts: man, wall, service. 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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 (man, wall, service), 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:pg21:9:130 # text = Taking it up, the man returned to the same place, to find that the wall under which he had been sitting had fallen to pieces; and he marveled at the service rendered him by the Eagle. 1 Taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux _ _ 23 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 marveled marvel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 at at SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rendered render VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | gerund | the man *not said here* | bundle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | the man | | | | | to the same place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sit** | past · perfect · progressive | man | | | the wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under which=Location | | 5 | **fall** | past · perfect | the wall | | | | | to pieces | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to piece=Theme | | 6 | **marvel** | past | man | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **render** | past | the service | man | | | | by the Eagle | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/131/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)