--- title: "I remember," he said guiltily, "that one day as I was passing a fie… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "I remember," he said guiltily, "that one day as I was passing a field belonging to some priests, I was so tempted by the tender grass and my hunger, that I could not resist nibbling a bit of it. Who acts: Many, tender grass, my. 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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 (Many, tender grass, my), 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:pg19994:125:25 # text = "I remember," he said guiltily, "that one day as I was passing a field belonging to some priests, I was so tempted by the tender grass and my hunger, that I could not resist nibbling a bit of it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 guiltily guiltily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 belonging belong VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 tempted tempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 42 nibbling nibble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 xcomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | present | Many | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Many | | | | day | guiltily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pass** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Many | a field | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Trajectory | | 4 | **belong** *in a quote* | gerund | Many *not said here* | | | | | to some priests | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tempt** *in a quote* | past · passive | the tender grass and my hunger | Many | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **resist** *in a quote* | could | Many | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **nibble** *in a quote* | gerund | Many *not said here* | a bit of Tiger | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient | | 8 | **hunger** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=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:** «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 19994 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/125/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/125/26/) - ↑ back to [The Animals and the Plague](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/125/)