--- title: The Lion replied, “I have no objection, but you must excuse me for r… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Lion replied, “I have no objection, but you must excuse me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?” Who acts: Lion, you, friend. 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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 (Lion, you, friend), 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:pg21:15:49 # text = The Lion replied, “I have no objection, but you must excuse me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 excuse excuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 requiring require VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 surety surety NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 32 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | the Lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the Lion *= lion* | no objection | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Patient | | 3 | **excuse** *in a quote* | must | you | the Lion *= lion* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **require** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Precondition | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | surety | | | | for your good faith | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent surety=Theme for faith=Beneficiary | | 6 | **trust** *in a quote* | can | the Lion *= lion* | anyone | | | | as a friend | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a friend | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **fly away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a friend *not said here* | | | friend's bargain | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bargain=Trajectory | | 9 | **please** *in a quote* | present | friend | | | | | whenever *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **bargain** *in a quote* | | friend | | | | | | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/50/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/15/)