--- title: On this, he who had fought with the Robber made answer, “I only wish… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: On this, he who had fought with the Robber made answer, “I only wish that you had helped me just now, even if it had been only with those words, for I should have been the more encouraged, believing them to be true; but now put up your sword in its sheath and hold your equally useless tongue, till y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/) / 13 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 13, sentence 13 On this, he who had fought with the Robber made answer, “I only wish that you had helped me just now, even if it had been only with those words, for I should have been the more encouraged, believing them to be true; but now put up your sword in its sheath and hold your equally useless tongue, till you can deceive others who do not know you. **Who acts:** cloak, Robber, traveling cloak, you, answer, others · **What happens:** fight, make, wish, help, be, have · **To what, where:** this, answer, traveling cloak, words, sword, sheath · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cloak, Robber, traveling cloak, you), 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:pg21:15:13 # text = On this, he who had fought with the Robber made answer, “I only wish that you had helped me just now, even if it had been only with those words, for I should have been the more encouraged, believing them to be true; but now put up your sword in its sheath and hold your equally useless tongue, till you can deceive others who do not know you. 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 with with SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Robber Robber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 encouraged encouraged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 49 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 53 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 54 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 62 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 63 equally equally ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 till till SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 71 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ _ 72 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 75 nsubj _ _ 73 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 75 advmod _ _ 75 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 acl:relcl _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past · perfect | cloak | | | this | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the Robber | answer | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Product | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Robber's traveling cloak *= cloak* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **help** *in a quote* | past · perfect | you | | Robber's traveling cloak *= cloak* | | now | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | answer | | | | | with that words | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | infinitive | cloak *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | cloak *not said here* | | | | | encouraged *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **believe** *in a quote* | gerund | cloak *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **put up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your sword | | sword's sheath | now | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in sheath=Destination | | 11 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your useless tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 12 | **deceive** *in a quote* | can | you | others | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient | | 13 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | others | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/14/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)