--- title: The Oak said with a sigh, “I do not care about the blows of the axe… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Oak said with a sigh, “I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from my own branches.” Who acts: Oak, wedges, axe. 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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 (Oak, wedges, axe), 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:pg21:10:42 # text = The Oak said with a sigh, “I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from my own branches.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Oak Oak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 aimed aim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 grieve grieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 28 at at SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 wedges wedge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Oak | | | | | with a sigh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Oak *= oak* | | | | | about the blows of the axe | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about blow=Stimulus | | 3 | **aim** *in a quote* | participle | | the axe *not said here* | | my roots | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **grieve** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Oak *= oak* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tear** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | this wedges | | | pieces | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Trajectory | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | this wedges *not said here* | | my own branches | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from branch=Material | | 7 | **blow** *in a quote* | | the axe | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=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:** «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/43/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/)