--- title: Having been sent to Delphi with a large sum of gold for distribution… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Having been sent to Delphi with a large sum of gold for distribution among the citizens, he was so provoked at their covetousness that he refused to divide the money, and sent it back to his master. Who acts: Phrygian. 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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 (Phrygian), 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:pg21:2:14 # text = Having been sent to Delphi with a large sum of gold for distribution among the citizens, he was so provoked at their covetousness that he refused to divide the money, and sent it back to his master. 1 Having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 2 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Delphi Delphi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 distribution distribution NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 provoked provoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 covetousness covetousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | Delphi | | | with a large sum of gold for distribution; among the citizens | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to delphi=Destination | | 2 | **provoke** | past · passive | | Phrygian | | citizens's covetousness | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **refuse** | past | Phrygian | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **divide** | to-infinitive | Phrygian *not said here* | the money | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 5 | **send back** | past | | money | | Phrygian's master | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to master=Destination | | 6 | **sum** | | | gold | | | | for distribution | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient for=obl | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/15/) - ↑ back to [Life of Aesop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/)