--- title: THE MEMBERS of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, “Why s… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: THE MEMBERS of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, “Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering to your wants, while you do nothing but take your rest, and enjoy yourself in luxury and self-indulgence?” Who acts: MEMBERS, your. 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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 (MEMBERS, your), 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:pg21:6:39 # text = THE MEMBERS of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, “Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering to your wants, while you do nothing but take your rest, and enjoy yourself in luxury and self-indulgence?” 1 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 MEMBERS member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 rebelled rebel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Belly Belly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 perpetually perpetually ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 administering administer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wants want NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 luxury luxury NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 indulgence indulgence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rebel** | past | the MEMBERS of the Body | | | | | against the Belly | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against belly=Maleficiary | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the MEMBERS of the Body *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **engage** *in a quote* | should · passive | | we | | | | perpetually *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **administer** *in a quote* | gerund | | | your wants | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to want=Recipient | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | your rest | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 6 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yourself | | luxury and self indulgence | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom want «state 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/40/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)