--- title: One of the bystanders said to him, “My good fellow, why do you sell… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: One of the bystanders said to him, “My good fellow, why do you sell him, being such a one as you describe, when you may yourself enjoy the good things he has to give?” Who acts: One, Mercury, good things. 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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 (One, Mercury, good things), 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:pg21:12:55 # text = One of the bystanders said to him, “My good fellow, why do you sell him, being such a one as you describe, when you may yourself enjoy the good things he has to give?” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bystanders bystander NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 describe describe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 nsubj _ _ 32 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | One of the bystanders | | Mercury | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **sell** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Mercury | | Mercury | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | | such one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **describe** *in a quote* | present | Mercury | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | may | Mercury | the good things | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Mercury | the good things *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the good things *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/56/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/12/)