--- title: AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing. Who acts: OLD WO --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/118/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/) / 118 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 3, sentence 118 AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing. **Who acts:** OLD WOMAN, presence, infirmity · **What happens:** have, lose, call, heal, make, cure · **To what, where:** use, OLD WOMAN, Physician, women, bargain, presence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (OLD WOMAN, presence, infirmity), 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:pg21:5:118 # text = AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing. 1 AN a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 OLD old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 WOMAN woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 blindness blindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 infirmity infirmity NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | a OLD WOMAN *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | participle | a OLD WOMAN *not said here* | the use of Sirrah's eyes | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality | | 3 | **call** | participle · passive | | a OLD WOMAN | | a Physician | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **heal** | to-infinitive | | women *= woman* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past | | this bargain | | the presence of witnesses | | with JUPITER | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product | | 6 | **cure** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | presence | Sirrah's blindness | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer blindness=Source | | 7 | **receive** | should | presence | a sum of money | | | | from Sirrah | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sum=Theme from she=Source | | 8 | **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sirrah's infirmity | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** | should | infirmity | nothing | presence | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 10 | **use** | | | Sirrah's eyes | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **sum** | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/119/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)