--- title: On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial o… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him, he answered, “I do not need a trial; I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion.” Who acts: Ass, I. 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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 (Ass, I), 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:pg21:14:45 # text = On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him, he answered, “I do not need a trial; I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion.” 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | could · perfect | Ass | a trial of Purchaser | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Product | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Ass | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **need** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | a trial | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trial=Theme | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Ass | | | | | as the one; same *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **choose** *in a quote* | past | Ass | the one *not said here* | | | | for Ass's companion | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent one=Theme for companion=Beneficiary | | 8 | **try** | | | Purchaser | | | | | nom trial «act transitive»: of=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/46/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/)