---
title: Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is sai… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said, appeared to him and waking him from his slumber thus addressed him: “Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure t
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/107/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/) / 107

# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 7, sentence 107

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said, appeared to him and waking him from his slumber thus addressed him: “Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves.”

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** spectacle, you, I, men, own folly · **What happens:** be, fall, say, appear, wake, address · **To what, where:** water, spectacle, slumber, Good Sir, blame, well · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spectacle, you, I, men), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**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:pg21:9:107
# text = Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said, appeared to him and waking him from his slumber thus addressed him: “Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves.”
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	Fortune	Fortune	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
23	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
37	wake	wake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	ccomp	_	_
38	up	up	ADP	RP	_	37	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
40	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
44	into	into	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	conj	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	conj	_	_
60	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
63	among	among	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	mortals	mortal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	68	punct	_	_
66	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
67	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	parataxis	_	_
69	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
70	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	nsubj	_	_
71	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	72	cop	_	_
72	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	ccomp	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	impute	impute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	xcomp	_	_
75	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
76	calamities	calamity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obj	_	_
77	to	to	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
80	however	however	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
81	much	much	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	_
82	by	by	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	85	nmod:poss	_	_
84	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	_
85	folly	folly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	obl	_	_
86	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj:pass	_	_
87	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	89	aux	_	_
88	really	really	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	_
89	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	68	conj	_	_
90	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	obj	_	_
91	on	on	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
92	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	89	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | spectacle |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | spectacle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **appear** | past |  |  | spectacle |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **wake** | gerund |  | spectacle |  | spectacle's slumber |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 6 | **address** | past |  |  | spectacle |  |  | thus *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
| 7 | **pray** *in a quote* | present |  | Good Sir |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **wake up** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **throw** *in a quote* | future · passive |  | the blame |  |  |  | into the well *result*; on me | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into well=Result |
| 11 | **get** *in a quote* | shall | I | a ill name |  |  |  | among mortals | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 12 | **find** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **is** *in a quote* | present | men |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 14 | **impute** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | mortals's calamities | me |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 15 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | calamities's own folly | calamities *= calamity* |  |  |  | on calamities *= calamity* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination they=Theme |
| 16 | **slumber** |  | spectacle |  |  |  |  |  | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/106/)
- next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/108/)
- ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)