Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 3, sentence 118

AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindness, he should receive from her a sum of money; but if her infirmity remained, she should give him nothing.

Who acts: OLD WOMAN, presence, infirmity · What happens: have, lose, call, heal, make, cure · To what, where: use, OLD WOMAN, Physician, women, bargain, presence · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (OLD WOMAN, presence, infirmity), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	AN	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 WOMAN	det
2	OLD	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 WOMAN	amod
3	WOMAN	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	nsubj:pass
4	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 WOMAN	acl
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 having	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 use	det
7	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 eyes	nmod:poss
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 Physician	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 Physician	det
15	Physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 heal	mark
17	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 called	advcl
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 heal	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 made	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 made	cc
21	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 called	advcl
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 bargain	det
23	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 made	obj
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 him	case
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 made	obl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 presence	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 presence	det
28	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 made	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 witnesses	case
30	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 presence	nmod
31	:	:	PUNCT	_	36 cure	punct
32	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 cure	mark
33	if	if	SCONJ	_	36 cure	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 cure	nsubj
35	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 cure	aux
36	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 called	conj
37	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 blindness	nmod:poss
38	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 cure	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 receive	punct
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 receive	nsubj
41	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 receive	aux
42	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 cure	conj
43	from	from	ADP	_	44 her	case
44	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 receive	obl
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 sum	det
46	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 receive	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 money	case
48	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 sum	nmod
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 give	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	58 give	cc
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 remained	mark
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 infirmity	nmod:poss
53	infirmity	infirmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 remained	nsubj
54	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 give	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 remained	punct
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 give	nsubj
57	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 give	aux
58	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 cure	conj
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 give	iobj
60	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	58 give	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	a OLD WOMAN not said here					tree rules
2	lose	participle	a OLD WOMAN not said here	the use of Sirrah's eyes				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Eventuality
3	call	participle · passive		a OLD WOMAN		a Physician		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	heal	to-infinitive		women = woman				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
5	make	past		this bargain		the presence of witnesses	with JUPITER	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product
6	cure a condition, not said to happen	should	presence	Sirrah's blindness				vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer blindness=Source
7	receive	should	presence	a sum of money			from Sirrah	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sum=Theme from she=Source
8	remain a condition, not said to happen	past	Sirrah's infirmity					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	give	should	infirmity	nothing	presence			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nothing=Theme
10	use			Sirrah's eyes				nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
11	sum			money				nom sum «possession 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.

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