--- title: His Dog availed himself of the occasion to invite a stranger Dog, a… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: His Dog availed himself of the occasion to invite a stranger Dog, a friend of his, saying, “My master gives a feast, and there is always much food remaining; come and sup with me tonight.” Who acts: Dog, master. 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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 (Dog, master), 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:pg21:9:79 # text = His Dog availed himself of the occasion to invite a stranger Dog, a friend of his, saying, “My master gives a feast, and there is always much food remaining; come and sup with me tonight.” 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 availed avail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 31 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 34 remaining remain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sup sup VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avail** | past | man's Dog | man | | | | of the occasion | tree rules | | 2 | **invite** | to-infinitive | man's Dog *not said here* | | a stranger Dog | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man's Dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present | My master | a feast | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | present · progressive | man's Dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sup** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | tonight | with man's Dog *= dog* | vn dine-39.5 «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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/80/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)