--- title: But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you no… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice.” Who acts: I, you, my. 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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 (I, you, my), 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:pg21:6:52 # text = But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 crop crop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 provide provide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | shall | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | for my revenge; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **crop** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | you | my leaves | | | now | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 4 | **cut down** | infinitive | | me | | | | to my root *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Patient to root=Result | | 5 | **provide** | shall | I | the wine | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wine=Theme | | 6 | **pour** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | over you | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over you=Location | | 7 | **lead** | present · passive | | you | | the sacrifice | | as a victim | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sacrifice=Destination | | 8 | **revenge** | | my | | | | | | nom revenge «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/53/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)