--- title: On finding that the Hare also had run off, he said, “I am rightly se… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On finding that the Hare also had run off, he said, “I am rightly served, for having let go of the food that I had in my hand for the chance of obtaining more.” Who acts: Lion, Hare, chance. 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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 (Lion, Hare, chance), 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:pg21:9:140 # text = On finding that the Hare also had run off, he said, “I am rightly served, for having let go of the food that I had in my hand for the chance of obtaining more.” 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 aux _ _ 22 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 obtaining obtain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **run off** | past · perfect | the Hare | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Lion | | | | rightly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | of the food | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of food=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Lion | the food | | my hand | | for the chance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 8 | **obtain** *in a quote* | gerund | the chance *not said here* | more | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/141/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)