--- title: The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, “Pray,… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, “Pray, master, permit me to live and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.” Who acts: Partridge. 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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 (Partridge), 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:pg21:15:135 # text = The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, “Pray, master, permit me to live and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Partridge Partridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Pray Pray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 entice entice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Partridges partridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 recompense recompense NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Partridge | | Horse | | | earnestly *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **spare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Partridge *not said here* | Horse's life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Partridge *not said here* | Pray and master | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pray=Topic | | 4 | **permit** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Partridge *not said here* | the Partridge *= partridge* | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **live** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Partridge *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **entice** *in a quote* | future | the Partridge *= partridge* | many Partridges | Horse | recompense | | for your mercy; to the Partridge *= partridge* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent partridge=Patient to you=Result | 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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/136/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)