--- title: The citizens of Delphi were visited with a series of calamities, unt… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The citizens of Delphi were visited with a series of calamities, until they made a public reparation of their crime; and, “The blood of Æsop” became a well-known adage, bearing witness to the truth that deeds of wrong would not pass unpunished. Who acts: citizens, blood, truth, wrong. 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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 (citizens, blood, truth, wrong), 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:pg21:2:17 # text = The citizens of Delphi were visited with a series of calamities, until they made a public reparation of their crime; and, “The blood of Æsop” became a well-known adage, bearing witness to the truth that deeds of wrong would not pass unpunished. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Delphi Delphi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 visited visit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 calamities calamity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 until until SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 reparation reparation NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Æsop Æsop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 adage adage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 39 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 deeds deed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 unpunished unpunished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | past · passive | | the citizens of Delphi | | | | with a series of calamities | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | citizens *= citizen* | a public reparation of citizens's crime | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset reparation=Product | | 3 | **become** | past | the blood of Æsop | a known adage | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **bear** | gerund | the blood of Æsop *not said here* | witness | | | | to the truth | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient | | 6 | **deed** | present | the truth | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **pass** | would | wrong | | | | | unpunished *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **repair** | | | citizens's crime | | | | | nom reparation «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **incriminate** | | citizens *= citizen* | | | | | | nom crime «act transitive»: 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/18/) - ↑ back to [Life of Aesop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/)