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.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 discovery | det |
| 2 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attracted | nsubj |
| 3 | attracted | attract | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 general | advmod |
| 5 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 attention | amod |
| 6 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attracted | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 confirming | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 confirming | advmod |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 confirming | advmod |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 confirming | mark |
| 11 | confirming | confirm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 attracted | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 manner | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 manner | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 manner | det |
| 15 | singular | singular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 manner | amod |
| 16 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 confirming | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 conjectures | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 conjectures | det |
| 19 | conjectures | conjecture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 manner | appos |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 boldly | advmod |
| 21 | boldly | boldly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 made | advmod |
| 22 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 conjectures | acl |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 chain | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 chain | det |
| 25 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 chain | amod |
| 26 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 made | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 critics | case |
| 28 | critics | critic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 chain | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bringing | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 bringing | cc |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 bringing | mark |
| 32 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 confirming | conj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 light | case |
| 34 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bringing | obl |
| 35 | valuable | valuable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 treasures | amod |
| 36 | literary | literary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 treasures | amod |
| 37 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 bringing | obj |
| 38 | tending | tend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 treasures | acl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 establish | mark |
| 40 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 tending | xcomp |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 reputation | det |
| 42 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 establish | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 confirm | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 confirm | cc |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 confirm | mark |
| 46 | confirm | confirm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 attracted | advcl |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 antiquity | det |
| 48 | antiquity | antiquity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 confirm | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 authenticity | cc |
| 50 | authenticity | authenticity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 antiquity | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 mass | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 mass | det |
| 53 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 mass | amod |
| 54 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 antiquity | nmod |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Æsopian | case |
| 56 | Æsopian | Æsopian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 mass | nmod |
| 57 | Fable | Fable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Æsopian | flat |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 attracted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attract | past | this discovery | general attention | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not confirm | gerund | this discovery not said here | a singular manner | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | make | participle | the conjectures not said here | by a long chain of critics; boldly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | bring | gerund | this discovery not said here | valuable literary treasures | light | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to light=Destination | |||
| 5 | tend | gerund | valuable literary treasures not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | establish | to-infinitive | valuable literary treasures not said here | the reputation | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reputation=Patient | ||||
| 7 | confirm | to-infinitive | this discovery not said here | the antiquity of the great mass of Æsopian and authenticity | vn 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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