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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 (companions, one, companion, the), 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:pg21:5:85 # text = His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 nsubj _ _ 48 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | MAN's companions | | | great numbers | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | MAN's companions *not said here* | | | | after companion's health | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | past | each one | companion | | | | to a share of the food | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | the food | | | | for companion's use | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **die** | past | companion | | | companion's sickness | | | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from sickness=Causer | | 6 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | of living | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **share** | | | the food | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **use** | | companion | | | | | | nom use «act 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/86/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)