--- title: As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, “Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it will furnish us with shelter and food.” Who acts: Frogs, us, abode. 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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 (Frogs, us, abode), 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:pg21:9:28 # text = As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, “Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it will furnish us with shelter and food.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 amply amply ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 descend descend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 obl _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 furnish furnish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go along** | past | Frogs *= frog* | | | | | along *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **chance** | past | Frogs *= frog* | | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | to-infinitive | Frogs *= frog* *not said here* | a deep well | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme well=Trajectory | | 4 | **supply** | participle | | a deep well *not said here* | | | | with water; amply *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Frogs *= frog* | well | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Frogs | one | the other | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **descend** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | our abode | | this | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset abode=Product | | 10 | **furnish** *in a quote* | future | abode | | us | | | with shelter and food | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Recipient with shelter=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/29/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)