--- title: The Old Woman, standing up in the Court, argued: “This man here spea… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Old Woman, standing up in the Court, argued: “This man here speaks the truth in what he says; for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight: but if I continued blind, I was to give him nothing. Who acts: Old Woman, man, my. 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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 (Old Woman, man, my), 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:pg21:5:123 # text = The Old Woman, standing up in the Court, argued: “This man here speaks the truth in what he says; for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight: but if I continued blind, I was to give him nothing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 47 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | gerund | the Old Woman *not said here* | | | the Court | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | the Old Woman | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | this man | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | MAN | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past · do-support | the Old Woman *= woman* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Old Woman *= woman* *not said here* | a sum of money | MAN | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sum=Theme | | 7 | **recover** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | the Old Woman *= woman* | my sight | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 8 | **continue** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the Old Woman *= woman* | | | | | blind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | past | the Old Woman *= woman* | nothing | MAN | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 10 | **sum** *in a quote* | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **sight** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/124/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)