--- title: A WIZARD, sitting in the marketplace, was telling the fortunes of th… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A WIZARD, sitting in the marketplace, was telling the fortunes of the passers-by when a person ran up in great haste, and announced to him that the doors of his house had been broken open and that all his goods were being stolen. Who acts: WIZARD, person. 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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 (WIZARD, person), 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:pg21:11:20 # text = A WIZARD, sitting in the marketplace, was telling the fortunes of the passers-by when a person ran up in great haste, and announced to him that the doors of his house had been broken open and that all his goods were being stolen. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 WIZARD wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 marketplace marketplace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 passers passer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 40 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | a WIZARD *not said here* | | | the marketplace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in marketplace=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | a WIZARD | the fortunes of the passers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent fortune=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **run up** | past | a person | | | great haste | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in haste=Trajectory | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | a WIZARD *not said here* | | person | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **break** | past · perfect · passive | | the doors of person's house | | | | open *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **steal** | past · passive | | person's goods | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/21/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/)