--- title: “I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: “I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.” Who acts: Lion, third share, you. 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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 (Lion, third share, you), 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:pg21:7:61 # text = “I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ _ 36 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 resign resign VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 61 off off ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 as as ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 advmod _ _ 64 as as SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | future | Lion | the first share | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Lion | King | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **believe** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Lion | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | the third share | a source | | | | of great evil to you | tree rules | | 6 | **resign** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | share | Lion | | | willingly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Recipient | | 7 | **set off** *in a quote* | past | Lion *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/62/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)