--- title: THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is i… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is it that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us such a change, and make us salty and unfit to drink?” Who acts: RIVERS, we, you, us. 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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 (RIVERS, we, you, us), 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:pg21:7:115 # text = THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is it that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us such a change, and make us salty and unfit to drink?” 1 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 RIVERS river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 complain complain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 flow flow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 potable potable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | past | the RIVERS | | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the RIVERS *not said here* | | the Sea | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sea=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | gerund | the RIVERS *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | sea | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **flow** *in a quote* | present | we | | | your tides | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **work** *in a quote* | present | you | such change | | | | in us | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in we=Theme | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | salty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product | | 8 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **tide** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom tide «event intransitive»: 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/116/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)