--- title: On learning what had happened, he said to him, “Ah, you will have to… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On learning what had happened, he said to him, “Ah, you will have to remain there, my friend, until you become such as you were when you crept in, and then you will easily get out.” Who acts: Fox, Lion. 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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 (Fox, Lion), 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:pg21:9:24 # text = On learning what had happened, he said to him, “Ah, you will have to remain there, my friend, until you become such as you were when you crept in, and then you will easily get out.” 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 nsubj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 until until SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 28 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 27 xcomp _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 easily easily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 43 out out ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | gerund | Fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fox | | Lion | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | future | Lion | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **become** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | such *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Lion | | | | | creep *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get out** *in a quote* | future | Lion | | | | then | easily, out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/25/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)