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.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 name | nmod:poss |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mentioned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 4 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Avienus | case |
| 6 | Avienus | Avienus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mentioned | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 Suidas | punct |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Suidas | case |
| 9 | Suidas | Suidas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mentioned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 critic | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 critic | det |
| 12 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 critic | amod |
| 13 | critic | critic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Suidas | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 close | punct |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 close | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 close | det |
| 17 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Suidas | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 century | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 century | det |
| 20 | eleventh | eleventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 21 century | amod |
| 21 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 close | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 gives | punct |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 gives | nsubj |
| 24 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 close | conj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 lexicon | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 lexicon | nmod:poss |
| 27 | lexicon | lexicon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 gives | obl |
| 28 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 verses | amod |
| 29 | isolated | isolated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 verses | amod |
| 30 | verses | verse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 gives | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 version | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 version | nmod:poss |
| 33 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 verses | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 fables | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 fables | det |
| 36 | fables | fable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 version | nmod |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 Tzetzes | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 Tzetzes | cc |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 Tzetzes | case |
| 40 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Tzetzes | compound |
| 41 | Tzetzes | Tzetze | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 mentioned | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 grammarian | punct |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 grammarian | det |
| 44 | grammarian | grammarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Tzetzes | conj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 poet | cc |
| 46 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 grammarian | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Constantinople | case |
| 48 | Constantinople | Constantinople | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 grammarian | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 lived | punct |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 lived | nsubj |
| 51 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 grammarian | acl |
| 52 | during | during | ADP | _ | 55 half | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 half | det |
| 54 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 half | amod |
| 55 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 51 lived | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 century | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 century | det |
| 58 | twelfth | twelfth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 century | amod |
| 59 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 half | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mentioned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mention speech: other | present · passive | Avienus | A.D's name | by Suidas; by John Tzetzes and a grammarian of Constantinople and poet | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | |||
| 2 | celebrate | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | give | present | the close of the eleventh century | several isolated verses of A.D's version of the fables | A.D's lexicon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme | |||
| 4 | live | past | a grammarian of Constantinople and poet | during the latter half of the twelfth century | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | name | A.D | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | verse | A.D's version of the fables | nom 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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