--- title: But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, h… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, “Ah! Who acts: Pride, fortune. 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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 (Pride, fortune), 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:pg21:6:25 # text = But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, “Ah! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 compelled compel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 grind grind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 serving serve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bewailed bewail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compel** | past · passive | | Pride | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **grind** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **serve** | gerund | | | | | | in the wars | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in war=Attribute | | 4 | **bewail** | past | Pride | Pride's change of fortune | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus | | 5 | **call** | participle | | Pride's change of fortune *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **mind** | to-infinitive | | Pride's former state | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Pride *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **change** | | fortune | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/26/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)