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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 118

M. Menoides, at the suggestion of M. Villemain, Minister of Public Instruction to King Louis Philippe, had been entrusted with a commission to search for ancient MSS., and in carrying out his instructions he found a MS. at the convent of St. Laura, on Mount Athos, which proved to be a copy of the long suspected and wished-for choliambic version of Babrias.

Who acts: M., Mount Athos · What happens: entrust, search, carry out, find, prove, be · To what, where: M., instructions, MS., convent, copy · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (M., Mount Athos), 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

nsubj:passflatpunctcasedetapposcasenmodflatpunctconjcasecompoundnmodcasenmod:descnmodflatpunctauxaux:passcasedetoblmarkadvclcaseamodoblpunctpunctccmarkadvclcompound:prtnmod:possobjnsubjparataxisdetobjcasedetoblcasenmod:descnmodpunctcasecompoundnsubjpunctnsubjccompmarkcopdetobjcasedetamodaclccconjpunctcasecompoundoblcasenmodpunctrootM.PROPNMenoidesPROPN,PUNCTatADPtheDETsuggestionNOUNofADPM.PROPNVillemainPROPN,PUNCTMinisterPROPNofADPPublicPROPNInstructionNOUNtoADPKingPROPNLouisPROPNPhilippePROPN,PUNCThadAUXbeenAUXentrustedVERBwithADPaDETcommissionNOUNtoPARTsearchVERBforADPancientADJMSSPROPN.PUNCT,PUNCTandCCONJinSCONJcarryingVERBoutADPhisPRONinstructionsNOUNhePRONfoundVERBaDETMS.PROPNatADPtheDETconventNOUNofADPSt.PROPNLauraPROPN,PUNCTonADPMountPROPNAthosPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONprovedVERBtoPARTbeAUXaDETcopyNOUNofADPtheDETlongADJsuspectedVERBandCCONJwishedVERB-PUNCTforADPcholiambicNOUNversionNOUNofADPBabriasPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1M.M.PROPNNumber=Sing22 entrustednsubj:pass
2MenoidesMenoidesPROPNNumber=Sing1 M.flat
3,,PUNCT_6 suggestionpunct
4atatADP_6 suggestioncase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 suggestiondet
6suggestionsuggestionNOUNNumber=Sing1 M.appos
7ofofADP_8 M.case
8M.M.PROPNNumber=Sing6 suggestionnmod
9VillemainVillemainPROPNNumber=Sing8 M.flat
10,,PUNCT_11 Ministerpunct
11MinisterMinisterPROPNNumber=Sing8 M.conj
12ofofADP_14 Instructioncase
13PublicPublicPROPNNumber=Sing14 Instructioncompound
14InstructioninstructionNOUNNumber=Sing11 Ministernmod
15totoADP_17 Louiscase
16KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing17 Louisnmod:desc
17LouisLouisPROPNNumber=Sing6 suggestionnmod
18PhilippePhilippePROPNNumber=Sing17 Louisflat
19,,PUNCT_1 M.punct
20hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 entrustedaux
21beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part22 entrustedaux:pass
22entrustedentrustVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
23withwithADP_25 commissioncase
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 commissiondet
25commissioncommissionNOUNNumber=Sing22 entrustedobl
26totoPART_27 searchmark
27searchsearchVERBVerbForm=Inf22 entrustedadvcl
28forforADP_30 MSScase
29ancientancientADJDegree=Pos30 MSSamod
30MSSMSSPROPNNumber=Sing27 searchobl
31..PUNCT_22 entrustedpunct
32,,PUNCT_40 foundpunct
33andandCCONJ_40 foundcc
34ininSCONJ_35 carryingmark
35carryingcarryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part40 foundadvcl
36outoutADP_35 carryingcompound:prt
37hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 instructionsnmod:poss
38instructionsinstructionNOUNNumber=Plur35 carryingobj
39hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 foundnsubj
40foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 entrustedparataxis
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 MS.det
42MS.MS.PROPNNumber=Sing40 foundobj
43atatADP_45 conventcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 conventdet
45conventconventNOUNNumber=Sing40 foundobl
46ofofADP_48 Lauracase
47St.St.PROPNNumber=Sing48 Lauranmod:desc
48LauraLauraPROPNNumber=Sing45 conventnmod
49,,PUNCT_52 Athospunct
50ononADP_52 Athoscase
51MountMountPROPNNumber=Sing52 Athoscompound
52AthosAthosPROPNNumber=Sing55 provednsubj
53,,PUNCT_55 provedpunct
54whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel55 provednsubj
55provedproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 foundccomp
56totoPART_59 copymark
57bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf59 copycop
58aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art59 copydet
59copycopyNOUNNumber=Sing55 provedobj
60ofofADP_62 longcase
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art62 longdet
62longlongADJDegree=Pos59 copyamod
63suspectedsuspectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass62 longacl
64andandCCONJ_65 wishedcc
65wishedwishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass63 suspectedconj
66--PUNCT_65 wishedpunct
67forforADP_69 versioncase
68choliambiccholiambicNOUNNumber=Sing69 versioncompound
69versionversionNOUNNumber=Sing65 wishedobl
70ofofADP_71 Babriascase
71BabriasBabriasPROPNNumber=Sing69 versionnmod
72..PUNCT_22 entrustedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1entrustpast · perfect · passiveM.with a commissionvn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with commission=Theme
2searchto-infinitivefor ancient MSSvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for mss=Theme
3carry outgerundM. not said hereM.'s instructionsvn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Eventuality
4findpastM.a MS.the convent of Laura St.vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent ms.=Attribute clause=Theme
5provepastMount Athosvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
6is ato-infinitivea copytree rules
7suspectparticiplevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
8wishparticiplefor choliambic version of Babriasvn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for version=Theme
9suggestM. and Minister of Public Instructionto Louis Kingnom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: of=agent to=obl
10instructM.nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=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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