--- title: A Countryman in the crowd, observing all that has passed, said, “So… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A Countryman in the crowd, observing all that has passed, said, “So help me, Hercules, he shall not beat me at that trick!” and at once proclaimed that he would do the same thing on the next day, though in a much more natural way. Who acts: Countryman, that. 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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 (Countryman, that), 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:pg21:16:86 # text = A Countryman in the crowd, observing all that has passed, said, “So help me, Hercules, he shall not beat me at that trick!” and at once proclaimed that he would do the same thing on the next day, though in a much more natural way. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 So so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 35 obl _ _ 35 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 though though SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 51 much much ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 53 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | gerund | a Countryman in the crowd *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pass** | present · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a Countryman in the crowd | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | a Countryman in the crowd *= countryman* | | | Hercules *vocative* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 5 | **not** **beat** *in a quote* | shall | Countryman | a Countryman in the crowd *= countryman* | | that trick | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme | | 6 | **proclaim** | past | a Countryman in the crowd *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | would | Countryman | the same thing | | a natural way | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/87/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/16/)