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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 122

They found a most worthy editor in the late distinguished Sir George Cornewall Lewis, and a translator equally qualified for his task, in the Reverend James Davies, M.A., sometime a scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, and himself a relation of their English editor.

Who acts: treasures, translator · What happens: find, task · To what, where: worthy editor, late distinguished George

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 (treasures, translator), 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

nsubjdetadvmodamodobjcasedetamodamodnmod:descnmodflatflatpunctccdetnsubjadvmodacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctcasedetcompoundflatoblpunctconjpunctpunctadvmoddetoblcasecompoundnmodpunctconjpunctccobldetobjcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootTheyPRONfoundVERBaDETmostADVworthyADJeditorNOUNinADPtheDETlateADJdistinguishedADJSirPROPNGeorgePROPNCornewallPROPNLewisPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJaDETtranslatorNOUNequallyADVqualifiedADJforADPhisPRONtaskNOUN,PUNCTinADPtheDETReverendPROPNJamesPROPNDaviesPROPN,PUNCTM.APROPN.PUNCT,PUNCTsometimeADVaDETscholarNOUNofADPLincolnPROPNCollegePROPN,PUNCTOxfordPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJhimselfPRONaDETrelationNOUNofADPtheirPRONEnglishADJeditorNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 foundnsubj
2foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 editordet
4mostmostADVDegree=Sup5 worthyadvmod
5worthyworthyADJDegree=Pos6 editoramod
6editoreditorNOUNNumber=Sing2 foundobj
7ininADP_12 Georgecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Georgedet
9latelateADJDegree=Pos12 Georgeamod
10distinguisheddistinguishedADJDegree=Pos12 Georgeamod
11SirSirPROPNNumber=Sing12 Georgenmod:desc
12GeorgeGeorgePROPNNumber=Sing6 editornmod
13CornewallCornewallPROPNNumber=Sing12 Georgeflat
14LewisLewisPROPNNumber=Sing12 Georgeflat
15,,PUNCT_20 qualifiedpunct
16andandCCONJ_20 qualifiedcc
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 translatordet
18translatortranslatorNOUNNumber=Sing20 qualifiednsubj
19equallyequallyADV_20 qualifiedadvmod
20qualifiedqualifiedADJDegree=Pos12 Georgeacl:relcl
21forforADP_23 taskcase
22hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 tasknmod:poss
23tasktaskNOUNNumber=Sing20 qualifiedobl
24,,PUNCT_29 Daviespunct
25ininADP_29 Daviescase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Daviesdet
27ReverendReverendPROPNNumber=Sing29 Daviescompound
28JamesJamesPROPNNumber=Sing27 Reverendflat
29DaviesDaviesPROPNNumber=Plur20 qualifiedobl
30,,PUNCT_31 M.Apunct
31M.AM.APROPNNumber=Sing29 Daviesconj
32..PUNCT_2 foundpunct
33,,PUNCT_36 scholarpunct
34sometimesometimeADVPronType=Ind36 scholaradvmod
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 scholardet
36scholarscholarNOUNNumber=Sing2 foundobl
37ofofADP_39 Collegecase
38LincolnLincolnPROPNNumber=Sing39 Collegecompound
39CollegeCollegePROPNNumber=Sing36 scholarnmod
40,,PUNCT_41 Oxfordpunct
41OxfordOxfordPROPNNumber=Sing39 Collegeconj
42,,PUNCT_44 himselfpunct
43andandCCONJ_44 himselfcc
44himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 foundobl
45aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 relationdet
46relationrelationNOUNNumber=Sing2 foundobj
47ofofADP_50 editorcase
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 editornmod:poss
49EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos50 editoramod
50editoreditorNOUNNumber=Sing46 relationnmod
51..PUNCT_2 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpasttreasures = treasurea worthy editorthe late distinguished George Sira scholar of Lincoln College and Oxford obl; translator oblvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent editor=Theme relation=Attribute
2tasktranslatornom task «act 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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