--- title: When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said, “Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable; for when I paid you honour, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches.” Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/) / 3 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 8, sentence 3 When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said, “Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable; for when I paid you honour, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches.” **Who acts:** Carpenter, you · **What happens:** knock off, come, pick up, say, think, pay · **To what, where:** head, stream, benefits, you, Carpenter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Carpenter, you), 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:pg21:10:3 # text = When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said, “Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable; for when I paid you honour, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Carpenter Carpenter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Well well INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 altogether altogether ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 contradictory contradictory NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 unreasonable unreasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 honour honour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 reaped reap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 benefits benefit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 maltreat maltreat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock off** | past · passive | | image's head | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | | a stream of gold | | | | out *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stream=Theme | | 3 | **pick up** | past | the Carpenter | a stream of gold | | | | quickly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Carpenter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the Carpenter *= carpenter* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pay** *in a quote* | past | the Carpenter *= carpenter* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **honour** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **reap** *in a quote* | past | the Carpenter *= carpenter* | no benefits | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme | | 9 | **maltreat** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Carpenter *= carpenter* | you | | | now | | tree rules | | 10 | **load** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Carpenter *= carpenter* | | | | with a abundance of riches | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with abundance=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/4/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)