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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 103

His name is mentioned by Avienus; by Suidas, a celebrated critic, at the close of the eleventh century, who gives in his lexicon several isolated verses of his version of the fables; and by John Tzetzes, a grammarian and poet of Constantinople, who lived during the latter half of the twelfth century.

Who acts: Avienus, close, grammarian, A.D · What happens: mention, celebrate, give, live, name, verse · To what, where: name, several isolated verses, lexicon, version

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Literally Translated From the Greek. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Avienus, close, grammarian, A.D), 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

nmod:possnsubj:passaux:passcaseoblpunctcaseoblpunctdetamodappospunctcasedetapposcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjconjcasenmod:possoblamodamodobjcasenmod:possnmodcasedetnmodpunctcccasecompoundoblpunctdetconjccconjcasenmodpunctnsubjaclcasedetamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootHisPRONnameNOUNisAUXmentionedVERBbyADPAvienusPROPN;PUNCTbyADPSuidasPROPN,PUNCTaDETcelebratedVERBcriticNOUN,PUNCTatADPtheDETcloseNOUNofADPtheDETeleventhADJcenturyNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONgivesVERBinADPhisPRONlexiconNOUNseveralADJisolatedADJversesNOUNofADPhisPRONversionNOUNofADPtheDETfablesNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJbyADPJohnPROPNTzetzesPROPN,PUNCTaDETgrammarianNOUNandCCONJpoetNOUNofADPConstantinoplePROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONlivedVERBduringADPtheDETlatterADJhalfNOUNofADPtheDETtwelfthADJcenturyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 namenmod:poss
2namenameNOUNNumber=Sing4 mentionednsubj:pass
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 mentionedaux:pass
4mentionedmentionVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5bybyADP_6 Avienuscase
6AvienusAvienusPROPNNumber=Sing4 mentionedobl
7;;PUNCT_9 Suidaspunct
8bybyADP_9 Suidascase
9SuidasSuidasPROPNNumber=Sing4 mentionedobl
10,,PUNCT_13 criticpunct
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 criticdet
12celebratedcelebrateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 criticamod
13criticcriticNOUNNumber=Sing9 Suidasappos
14,,PUNCT_17 closepunct
15atatADP_17 closecase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 closedet
17closecloseNOUNNumber=Sing9 Suidasappos
18ofofADP_21 centurycase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 centurydet
20eleventheleventhADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord21 centuryamod
21centurycenturyNOUNNumber=Sing17 closenmod
22,,PUNCT_24 givespunct
23whowhoPRONPronType=Rel24 givesnsubj
24givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 closeconj
25ininADP_27 lexiconcase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 lexiconnmod:poss
27lexiconlexiconNOUNNumber=Sing24 givesobl
28severalseveralADJDegree=Pos30 versesamod
29isolatedisolatedADJDegree=Pos30 versesamod
30versesverseNOUNNumber=Plur24 givesobj
31ofofADP_33 versioncase
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 versionnmod:poss
33versionversionNOUNNumber=Sing30 versesnmod
34ofofADP_36 fablescase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 fablesdet
36fablesfableNOUNNumber=Plur33 versionnmod
37;;PUNCT_41 Tzetzespunct
38andandCCONJ_41 Tzetzescc
39bybyADP_41 Tzetzescase
40JohnJohnPROPNNumber=Sing41 Tzetzescompound
41TzetzesTzetzePROPNNumber=Plur4 mentionedobl
42,,PUNCT_44 grammarianpunct
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 grammariandet
44grammariangrammarianNOUNNumber=Sing41 Tzetzesconj
45andandCCONJ_46 poetcc
46poetpoetNOUNNumber=Sing44 grammarianconj
47ofofADP_48 Constantinoplecase
48ConstantinopleConstantinoplePROPNNumber=Sing44 grammariannmod
49,,PUNCT_51 livedpunct
50whowhoPRONPronType=Rel51 livednsubj
51livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 grammarianacl
52duringduringADP_55 halfcase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 halfdet
54latterlatterADJDegree=Pos55 halfamod
55halfhalfNOUNNumber=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac51 livedobl
56ofofADP_59 centurycase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 centurydet
58twelfthtwelfthADJDegree=Pos59 centuryamod
59centurycenturyNOUNNumber=Sing55 halfnmod
60..PUNCT_4 mentionedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mention speech: otherpresent · passiveAvienusA.D's nameby Suidas; by John Tzetzes and a grammarian of Constantinople and poetvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2celebrateparticiplevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3givepresentthe close of the eleventh centuryseveral isolated verses of A.D's version of the fablesA.D's lexiconvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme
4livepasta grammarian of Constantinople and poetduring the latter half of the twelfth centuryvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5nameA.Dnom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6verseA.D's version of the fablesnom verse «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.

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