--- title: The Sea, assuming the form of a woman, replied to him: “Blame not me… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Sea, assuming the form of a woman, replied to him: “Blame not me, my good sir, but the winds, for I am by my own nature as calm and firm even as this earth; but the winds suddenly falling on me create these waves, and lash me into fury.” Who acts: Sea, man, winds. 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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 (Sea, man, winds), 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:pg21:16:77 # text = The Sea, assuming the form of a woman, replied to him: “Blame not me, my good sir, but the winds, for I am by my own nature as calm and firm even as this earth; but the winds suddenly falling on me create these waves, and lash me into fury.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 assuming assume VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 47 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 create create VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 52 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 lash lash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 into into ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assume** | gerund | the Sea | the form of a woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | the Sea *not said here* | | man | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 3 | **not** **blame** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Sea *not said here* | man | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | | for my own nature; as calm | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** *in a quote* | gerund | the winds *not said here* | | | | | on man; suddenly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on i=Location | | 6 | **create** *in a quote* | present | the winds | this waves | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Result | | 7 | **lash** *in a quote* | infinitive | | man | | | | into fury *result* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Patient into fury=Result | | 8 | **form** | | | a woman | | | | | nom form «communication 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/78/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/)