--- title: EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world wi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Who acts: two bags, neighbors, eagle. 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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 (two bags, neighbors, eagle), 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:pg21:14:85 # text = EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. 1 EVERY every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 MAN man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 37 behind behind ADP IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear** | present · passive | | every MAN and a ancient legend | | the world | | with two bags | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **suspend** | participle | two bags *not said here* | all bag | | eagle's neck | | in front | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bag=Theme from neck=Source | | 4 | **fill** | participle | | a large bag *not said here* | | | | with eagle's own faults | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fault=Instrument | | 5 | **fault** | | eagle's neighbors | | | | | | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **fault** | | eagle | | | | | | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/86/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/14/)