--- title: “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expec… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.” Who acts: You, idea, repayment, your. 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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 (You, idea, repayment, your), 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:pg21:3:7 # text = “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ridiculed ridicule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 repayment repayment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 confer confer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 40 benefits benefit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ridicule** *in a quote* | past | You | the idea | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | the idea *not said here* | | | | ever | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the idea *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 4 | **not** **expect** *in a quote* | gerund | the idea *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **receive** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the idea *not said here* | any repayment of your favour | | | | from the Mouse *= mouse* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent repayment=Theme from i=Source | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | now | for a Mouse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | repayment | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **confer** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | benefits | | | | on a Lion | tree rules | | 9 | **repay** *in a quote* | | | your favour | | | | | nom repayment «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **favour** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom favour «feeling 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/8/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/)