Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 124

Having thus given a complete synopsis of the origin, descent, and history of these fables, it only remains to explain the reasons which have induced the Publishers to prepare a new edition of Æsop, and to state the grounds on which they hope to establish a claim for support and public approval in their undertaking.

Who acts: history, grounds · What happens: give, remain, explain, induce, prepare, state · To what, where: complete synopsis, reasons, new edition, grounds, claim, undertaking

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 (history, grounds), 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	Having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux
2	thus	thus	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 synopsis	det
5	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 synopsis	amod
6	synopsis	synopsis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 origin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 origin	det
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 synopsis	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 descent	punct
11	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 synopsis	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 history	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 history	cc
14	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 fables	case
16	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	17 fables	det
17	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 history	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 remains	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 remains	nsubj
20	only	only	ADV	_	21 remains	advmod
21	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	parataxis
22	to	to	PART	_	23 explain	mark
23	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 remains	xcomp
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 reasons	det
25	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 explain	obj
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 induced	nsubj:pass
27	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 induced	aux
28	induced	induce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 reasons	acl:relcl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Publishers	det
30	Publishers	publisher	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 induced	obj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 prepare	mark
32	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 induced	advcl
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 edition	det
34	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 edition	amod
35	edition	edition	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 prepare	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 Æsop	case
37	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 edition	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 state	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 state	cc
40	to	to	PART	_	41 state	mark
41	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 remains	conj
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 grounds	det
43	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	41 state	obj
44	on	on	ADP	_	45 which	case
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 hope	obl
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 hope	nsubj
47	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	43 grounds	acl:relcl
48	to	to	PART	_	49 establish	mark
49	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 hope	xcomp
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 claim	det
51	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 establish	obj
52	for	for	ADP	_	53 support	case
53	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 claim	nmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 approval	cc
55	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 approval	amod
56	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 support	conj
57	in	in	ADP	_	59 undertaking	case
58	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 undertaking	nmod:poss
59	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 establish	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · perfect		a complete synopsis of the origin and descent		thus property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent synopsis=Theme
2	remain	present	history				tree rules
3	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	history not said here	the reasons			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
4	induce	present · perfect · passive		the reasons			tree rules
5	prepare	to-infinitive		a new edition of Æsop			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edition=Patient
6	state speech: other	to-infinitive	history not said here	the grounds			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grounds=Topic
7	hope	present	grounds		the grounds		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8	establish not said to happen	to-infinitive	grounds not said here	a claim	grounds's undertaking	for support and public approval	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient
9	undertake		grounds				nom undertaking «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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