--- title: Finally a neighbor said to them, “If you go on in this way, you will… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Finally a neighbor said to them, “If you go on in this way, you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange, and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport.” Who acts: Huntsman, frequent, each, 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 (Huntsman, frequent, each, 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:pg21:7:18 # text = Finally a neighbor said to them, “If you go on in this way, you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange, and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport.” 1 Finally finally ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 frequent frequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nsubj _ _ 23 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | a neighbor *not said here* | Huntsman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 2 | **go on** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Huntsman | | | this way | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in way=Location | | 3 | **destroy** *in a quote* | future | Huntsman | | | | | soon *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | present | frequent | the pleasure of your exchange | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | future | each | | | | again | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **retain** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | each *not said here* | the fruits of Fisherman's own sport | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **please** *in a quote* | | | your exchange | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **exchange** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sport** *in a quote* | | Fisherman | | | | | | nom sport «act 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/19/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)