--- title: She resolutely said, “I know not whether Jupiter will allot the priz… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: She resolutely said, “I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all.” Who acts: laugh, Jupiter, this, Monkey. 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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 (laugh, Jupiter, this, Monkey), 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:pg21:6:57 # text = She resolutely said, “I know not whether Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and most beautiful of all.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 resolutely resolutely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 Jupiter Jupiter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 allot allot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 handsomest handsome ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | laugh | | | | | resolutely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | laugh | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **allot** *in a quote* | future | Jupiter | the prize | my son | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent prize=Theme to son=Goal | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Monkey | | | the eyes of me | | least *property* | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/58/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/6/)