--- title: The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault wi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.” Who acts: Housedog, master. 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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 (Housedog, master), 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:pg21:7:55 # text = The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Housedog Housedog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 16 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 labor labor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 depend depend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 subsistence subsistence NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Housedog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **blame** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | the Housedog *= housedog* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fault | | | | with the master | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | | 4 | **not** **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the master | the Housedog *= housedog* | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **labor** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the master *not said here* | | | | | | vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **depend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for subsistence; on the labor of others | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on labor=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/56/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)