--- title: THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, “We bear for no p… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, “We bear for no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow we are the most continually in peril of the axe.” Who acts: OAKS, We, trees. 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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 (OAKS, We, trees), 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:pg21:10:27 # text = THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, “We bear for no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow we are the most continually in peril of the axe.” 1 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 OAKS oak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 26 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 33 advmod _ _ 33 continually continually ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | the OAKS | a complaint | Jupiter | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent complaint=Theme to jupiter=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the OAKS *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | present | We | the burden of life | | | | for no purpose | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer burden=Stimulus for purpose=Attribute | | 4 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | all trees | we | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location we=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all trees | | | the peril | | of the axe; continually *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **burden** *in a quote* | | | life | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/28/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)