--- title: A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, “If you wou… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, “If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you.” Who acts: friend, Dog, 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 (friend, Dog, 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:pg21:7:9 # text = A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, “If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 meeting meet VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | gerund | a friend *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **learn** | gerund | a friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **want** | past | friend | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cure** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would · passive | | you | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a piece of bread | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 7 | **dip** *in a quote* | infinitive | | piece | | | | from your wound; in the blood | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent in blood=Attribute from wound=Initial\_State | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | piece | the Dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dog=Recipient | | 10 | **bite** *in a quote* | past | the Dog | you | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 11 | **wound** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/10/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/7/)