--- title: While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loud… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?” Who acts: least, neighbor, you. 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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 (least, neighbor, you), 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:pg21:5:96 # text = While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: “Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?” 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lamented lament VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bewailed bewail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sores sore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bruises bruise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Hark Hark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 striving strive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 pry pry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 manage manage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 59 nsubj _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lament** | past | least | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bewail** | past | least *not said here* | least's sores and bruises | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sore=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | least *not said here* | | | | | for help; loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | | 4 | **run** | past | a neighbor | | | | | to the well *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to well=Result | | 5 | **learn** | gerund | least *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **strive** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | heaven | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **manage** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 12 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | earth | | | tree rules | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/97/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/5/)