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title: He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one m… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.” Who acts: Grasshopper, you. A se
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 1, sentence 33

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He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”

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**Who acts:** Grasshopper, you · **What happens:** address, be, unite, assist, uninjur, divide · **To what, where:** Father, words, each, faggot, you, enemies

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Grasshopper, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg21:3:33
# text = He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	unite	unite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	23	obj	_	_
25	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
28	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	cop	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
32	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	uninjured	uninjur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	38	det:predet	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	attempts	attempt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
44	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	advcl	_	_
48	among	among	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
52	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
55	as	as	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
56	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	59	det	_	_
59	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | past | Grasshopper | Father |  | this words | then | My sons *obl* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | of one mind | tree rules |
| 3 | **unite** *in a quote* | infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **assist** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | future | you |  |  |  |  | as this faggot | tree rules |
| 6 | **uninjur** *in a quote* | participle |  | this faggot *not said here* |  |  |  | by all attempts of your enemies | tree rules |
| 7 | **divide** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  | among yourselves | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **break** *in a quote* | future · passive |  | you |  |  |  | as this sticks; easily *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 9 | **attempt** *in a quote* |  |  | your enemies |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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