--- title: The Bramble answered: “You poor creature, if you would only call to… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Bramble answered: “You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree.” Who acts: Bramble, 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 (Bramble, 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:pg21:6:106 # text = The Bramble answered: “You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Bramble Bramble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 axes ax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 saws saw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hew hew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 32 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Bramble Bramble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 Fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Bramble | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **creature** *in a quote* | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **mind** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the axes and saws | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ax=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | the axes and saws *not said here* | | | | about, hew *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | would | you | reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | reason *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **grow up** *in a quote* | past · perfect | you | a Bramble and a Fir Tree | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bramble=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/107/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)