--- title: Mercury presented himself, and striking the Philosopher with his wan… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: Mercury presented himself, and striking the Philosopher with his wand, said, “And are you indeed to make yourself a judge of the dealings of Providence, who hast thyself in a similar manner treated these poor Ants?” Who acts: Mercury, you, dealings, similar manner. 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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 (Mercury, you, dealings, similar manner), 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:pg21:9:125 # text = Mercury presented himself, and striking the Philosopher with his wand, said, “And are you indeed to make yourself a judge of the dealings of Providence, who hast thyself in a similar manner treated these poor Ants?” 1 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Philosopher Philosopher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 22 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dealings dealing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Providence Providence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | Mercury | Mercury | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | Mercury *not said here* | the Philosopher | | | | with Philosopher's wand | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent philosopher=Patient with wand=Instrument | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Mercury *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | indeed, make *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the dealings of Providence | thyself | | a similar manner | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient | | 6 | **treat** *in a quote* | participle | a similar manner *not said here* | this poor Ants | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ant=Recipient | | 7 | **deal** *in a quote* | | Providence | | | | | | nom dealing «act intransitive»: of=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/126/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/)