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title: One of them, turning about, said to him: “That is the very reason wh… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: One of them, turning about, said to him: “That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves.” Who acts: That, we, thaw, reaso
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 3, sentence 74

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One of them, turning about, said to him: “That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves.”

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**Who acts:** That, we, thaw, reason, others · **What happens:** turn about, say, be, treat, have, come · **To what, where:** thaw, reason, us, Goats, ourselves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (That, we, thaw, reason), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg21:5:74
# text = One of them, turning about, said to him: “That is the very reason why we are so cautious; for if you yesterday treated us better than the Goats you have had so long, it is plain also that if others came after us, you would in the same manner prefer them to ourselves.”
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	ccomp	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	ccomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
18	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	cautious	cautious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
25	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl:unmarked	_	_
28	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
29	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	28	advmod	_	_
31	than	than	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
34	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	so	so	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	advcl	_	_
43	also	also	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
47	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	advcl	_	_
48	after	after	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
57	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | thaw |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | the reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  | cautious *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **treat** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | thaw |  | us |  |  | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |
| 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | thaw | the Goats *not said here* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | reason |  |  |  |  | plain *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | others |  |  |  | after us |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **prefer** *in a quote* | would |  | Goats *= goat* | ourselves |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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