--- title: A young fellow, who was very popular among his boon companions as a… — The Aesop for Children · tree and pragmatics description: A young fellow, who was very popular among his boon companions as a good spender, quickly wasted his fortune trying to live up to his reputation. Who acts: young fellow, fellow. 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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 (young fellow, fellow), 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:pg19994:88:1 # text = A young fellow, who was very popular among his boon companions as a good spender, quickly wasted his fortune trying to live up to his reputation. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 9 among among ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 companions companion VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 spender spender NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 wasted waste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a young fellow | | | | | among fellow's boon; popular *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **companion** | present | a young fellow | | | | | as a good spender | tree rules | | 3 | **waste** | past | | fellow's fortune | | | | quickly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Patient | | 4 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **live up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to fellow's reputation | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **repute** | | fellow | | | | | | nom reputation «state transitive»: 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: [The Goatherd and the Wild Go…, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/87/9/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/88/2/) - ↑ back to [The Spendthrift and the Swallow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/88/)