Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 104

Nevelet, in the preface to the volume which we have described, points out that the Fables of Planudes could not be the work of Æsop, as they contain a reference in two places to “Holy monks,” and give a verse from the Epistle of St. James as an “Epimith” to one of the fables, and suggests Babrias as their author.

Who acts: Nevelet, Fables, Planudes, Babrias · What happens: describe, point out, not be, contain, give, suggest · To what, where: volume, work, reference, two places, verse, one

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 (Nevelet, Fables, Planudes, Babrias), 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	Nevelet	Nevelet	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 points	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 preface	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 preface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 preface	det
5	preface	preface	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nevelet	appos
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 volume	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 volume	det
8	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 preface	nmod
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 described	nsubj:pass
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 described	nsubj
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 described	aux
12	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 volume	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nevelet	punct
14	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 points	compound:prt
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 work	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Fables	det
18	Fables	Fable	PROPN	Number=Plur	25 work	nsubj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Planudes	case
20	Planudes	Planude	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 Fables	nmod
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 work	aux
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 work	advmod
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 work	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 work	det
25	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 points	advcl
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 Æsop	case
27	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 work	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 contain	punct
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 contain	mark
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 contain	nsubj
31	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 points	parataxis
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 reference	det
33	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 contain	obj
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 places	case
35	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 places	nummod
36	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 contain	obl
37	to	to	ADP	_	40 monks	case
38	“	"	PUNCT	_	40 monks	punct
39	Holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 monks	amod
40	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 places	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 monks	punct
42	”	"	PUNCT	_	40 monks	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 give	cc
44	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 contain	conj
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 verse	det
46	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 give	obj
47	from	from	ADP	_	49 Epistle	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Epistle	det
49	Epistle	Epistle	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 verse	nmod
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 James	case
51	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 James	nmod:desc
52	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Epistle	nmod
53	as	as	ADP	_	56 Epimith	case
54	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 Epimith	det
55	“	"	PUNCT	_	56 Epimith	punct
56	Epimith	Epimith	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 give	obl
57	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 Epimith	punct
58	to	to	ADP	_	59 one	case
59	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 give	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 fables	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 fables	det
62	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 one	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 suggests	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 suggests	cc
65	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 points	conj
66	Babrias	Babrias	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 suggests	obj
67	as	as	ADP	_	69 author	case
68	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 author	nmod:poss
69	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 suggests	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 points	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present · perfect · passive		the volume				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	point out	present	Nevelet					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	could	the Fables of Planudes	the work			of Æsop	tree rules
4	contain	present	Planudes = planude	a reference		two places to Holy monks		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reference=Value in place=Location
5	give	infinitive	Planudes = planude not said here	a verse	one of the fables	the Epistle of James St.	as a Epimith	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent verse=Theme to one=Recipient
6	suggest speech: suggest	present	Babrias				as Planudes's author	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

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