--- title: If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful op… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef.” Who acts: we, that, men. 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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 (we, that, men), 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:pg21:5:41 # text = If we get rid of them, we shall fall into the hands of unskillful operators, and thus suffer a double death: for you may be assured, that though all the Butchers should perish, yet will men never want beef.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 unskillful unskillful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 operators operator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 thus thus ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj:outer _ _ 32 though though ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Butchers butcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 44 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fall** | shall | we | | | | | into the hands of unskillful operators *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result | | 3 | **suffer** | infinitive | we *not said here* | a double death | | | | thus *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer death=Stimulus | | 4 | **assure** | may · passive | | you | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **perish** | should | that | | | | | though *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **not** **want** | future | men | beef | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot beef=Theme | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/42/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)