--- title: "My Sons," said the Father, "do you not see how certain it is that i… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: "My Sons," said the Father, "do you not see how certain it is that if you agree with each other and help each other, it will be impossible for your enemies to injure you? Who acts: Sons, you, bundle. 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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 (Sons, you, bundle), 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:pg19994:15:8 # text = "My Sons," said the Father, "do you not see how certain it is that if you agree with each other and help each other, it will be impossible for your enemies to injure you? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 22 obl _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 fixed _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 27 obj _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 expl _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | My Sons | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | bundle | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | with each | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent | | 5 | **help** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | each | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | for your enemies; impossible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **injure** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/15/9/) - ↑ back to [The Bundle of Sticks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/15/)