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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 120

This discovery attracted very general attention, not only as confirming, in a singular manner, the conjectures so boldly made by a long chain of critics, but as bringing to light valuable literary treasures tending to establish the reputation, and to confirm the antiquity and authenticity of the great mass of Æsopian Fable.

Who acts: discovery, valuable literary treasures · What happens: attract, not confirm, make, bring, tend, establish · To what, where: general attention, singular manner, conjectures, valuable literary treasures, light, reputation

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 (discovery, valuable literary treasures), 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

detnsubjadvmodamodobjpunctadvmodadvmodmarkadvclpunctcasedetamodoblpunctdetapposadvmodadvmodaclcasedetamodoblcasenmodpunctccmarkconjcaseoblamodamodobjaclmarkxcompdetobjpunctccmarkadvcldetobjccconjcasedetamodnmodcasenmodflatpunctrootThisDETdiscoveryNOUNattractedVERBveryADVgeneralADJattentionNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTonlyADVasSCONJconfirmingVERB,PUNCTinADPaDETsingularADJmannerNOUN,PUNCTtheDETconjecturesNOUNsoADVboldlyADVmadeVERBbyADPaDETlongADJchainNOUNofADPcriticsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJasSCONJbringingVERBtoADPlightNOUNvaluableADJliteraryADJtreasuresNOUNtendingVERBtoPARTestablishVERBtheDETreputationNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTconfirmVERBtheDETantiquityNOUNandCCONJauthenticityNOUNofADPtheDETgreatADJmassNOUNofADPÆsopianPROPNFablePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 discoverydet
2discoverydiscoveryNOUNNumber=Sing3 attractednsubj
3attractedattractVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4veryveryADV_5 generaladvmod
5generalgeneralADJDegree=Pos6 attentionamod
6attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing3 attractedobj
7,,PUNCT_11 confirmingpunct
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 confirmingadvmod
9onlyonlyADV_11 confirmingadvmod
10asasSCONJ_11 confirmingmark
11confirmingconfirmVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 attractedadvcl
12,,PUNCT_16 mannerpunct
13ininADP_16 mannercase
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 mannerdet
15singularsingularADJDegree=Pos16 manneramod
16mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing11 confirmingobl
17,,PUNCT_19 conjecturespunct
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 conjecturesdet
19conjecturesconjectureNOUNNumber=Plur16 mannerappos
20sosoADV_21 boldlyadvmod
21boldlyboldlyADVDegree=Pos22 madeadvmod
22mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 conjecturesacl
23bybyADP_26 chaincase
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 chaindet
25longlongADJDegree=Pos26 chainamod
26chainchainNOUNNumber=Sing22 madeobl
27ofofADP_28 criticscase
28criticscriticNOUNNumber=Plur26 chainnmod
29,,PUNCT_32 bringingpunct
30butbutCCONJ_32 bringingcc
31asasSCONJ_32 bringingmark
32bringingbringVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 confirmingconj
33totoADP_34 lightcase
34lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing32 bringingobl
35valuablevaluableADJDegree=Pos37 treasuresamod
36literaryliteraryADJDegree=Pos37 treasuresamod
37treasurestreasureNOUNNumber=Plur32 bringingobj
38tendingtendVERBVerbForm=Ger37 treasuresacl
39totoPART_40 establishmark
40establishestablishVERBVerbForm=Inf38 tendingxcomp
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 reputationdet
42reputationreputationNOUNNumber=Sing40 establishobj
43,,PUNCT_46 confirmpunct
44andandCCONJ_46 confirmcc
45totoPART_46 confirmmark
46confirmconfirmVERBVerbForm=Inf3 attractedadvcl
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 antiquitydet
48antiquityantiquityNOUNNumber=Sing46 confirmobj
49andandCCONJ_50 authenticitycc
50authenticityauthenticityNOUNNumber=Sing48 antiquityconj
51ofofADP_54 masscase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 massdet
53greatgreatADJDegree=Pos54 massamod
54massmassNOUNNumber=Sing48 antiquitynmod
55ofofADP_56 Æsopiancase
56ÆsopianÆsopianPROPNNumber=Sing54 massnmod
57FableFablePROPNNumber=Sing56 Æsopianflat
58..PUNCT_3 attractedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1attractpastthis discoverygeneral attentionvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
2not confirmgerundthis discovery not said herea singular mannervn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3makeparticiplethe conjectures not said hereby a long chain of critics; boldly propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4bringgerundthis discovery not said herevaluable literary treasureslightvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to light=Destination
5tendgerundvaluable literary treasures not said heretree rules
6establishto-infinitivevaluable literary treasures not said herethe reputationvn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Patient
7confirmto-infinitivethis discovery not said herethe antiquity of the great mass of Æsopian and authenticityvn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot antiquity=Topic

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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