--- title: I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: but now, though he swears I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a single thing in it.” Who acts: I, MAN. 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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 (I, MAN), 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:pg21:5:125 # text = I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: but now, though he swears I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a single thing in it.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 affirm affirm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 chattels chattel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 though though SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 swears swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 blindness blindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | the contrary affirm | still; now | blind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | past | I | the use of my eyes | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | past | I | | | my house various chattels and valuable goods | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **swear** | present | MAN | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **cure** | present · passive | | I | | | | of my blindness | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source of blindness=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a single thing | | thing | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 8 | **use** | | | my eyes | | | | | nom use «act 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/124/) - next →: [Aesop’s Fables, part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/1/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)