--- title: When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a fi… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a figure of himself, saying to the Sculptor, “You will certainly want much more for this, as it is the statue of the Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain.” Who acts: Shadow, Sculptor, sum. 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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 (Shadow, Sculptor, sum), 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:pg21:8:75 # text = When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a figure of himself, saying to the Sculptor, “You will certainly want much more for this, as it is the statue of the Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 valued value VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Sculptor Sculptor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 30 much much ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Messenger Messenger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Gods God PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **value** | past · passive | | Mercury | | the sum | | | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at which=Value | | 2 | **name** | past · passive | | the sum | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **point** | past | Shadow | | a figure of Shadow | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to figure=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Shadow *not said here* | | the Sculptor | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sculptor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | future | the Sculptor *= sculptor* | more | | | | certainly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sum | | | | | as the statue and author of your gain; of the Messenger of the Gods | tree rules | | 7 | **figure** | | | Shadow | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/76/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/8/)