--- title: When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determ… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Who acts: Grasshopper, Father. 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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 (Grasshopper, Father), 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:pg21:3:29 # text = When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 disputes dispute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 exhortations exhortation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 practical practical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 illustration illustration NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 evils evil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 disunion disunion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | Grasshopper | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **heal** | to-infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* | Father's disputes | | | | by Grasshopper's exhortations | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dispute=Patient | | 3 | **determine** | past | Grasshopper | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* | a practical illustration of the evils of disunion | Father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient illustration=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Grasshopper | | Father | | | for this purpose | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* | a bundle of sticks | Grasshopper | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bundle=Theme | | 7 | **dispute** | | Father | | | | | | nom dispute «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **exhort** | | Grasshopper | | | | | | nom exhortation «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **illustrate** | | | the evils of disunion | | | | | nom illustration «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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/30/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/)