--- title: On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, “If so great a rew… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, “If so great a reward be given for a lie, with what gift may not I be rewarded, if, according to my custom, I tell the truth?” Who acts: truthful Traveler. 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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 (truthful Traveler), 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:pg21:12:15 # text = On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, “If so great a reward be given for a lie, with what gift may not I be rewarded, if, according to my custom, I tell the truth?” 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 truthful truthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Traveler Traveler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 ccomp _ _ 24 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:outer _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 33 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 case _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the truthful Traveler | | sort | this | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | a reward | | | | for a lie | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for lie=Asset | | 3 | **not** **reward** *in a quote* | may · passive | | gift | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the truthful Traveler *= traveler* | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/16/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)