Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 13

The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at one great end and purpose—the representation of human motive, and the improvement of human conduct, and yet it so conceals its design under the disguise of fictitious characters, by clothing with speech the animals of the field, the birds of the air, the trees of the wood, or the beasts of the forest, that the reader shall receive advice without perceiving the presence of the adviser.

Who acts: true Fable, meaning, reader, human conduct · What happens: rise, aim, conceal, clothe, receive, perceive · To what, where: high requirements, improvement, one great end, design, disguise, advice

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 (true Fable, meaning, reader, human conduct), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fable	det
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Fable	amod
3	Fable	Fable	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rise	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Fable	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 rise	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rise	nsubj
7	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 requirements	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 requirements	nmod:poss
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 requirements	amod
11	requirements	requirement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rise	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 aims	punct
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 aims	advmod
14	aims	aim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rise	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 end	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 end	nummod
17	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 end	amod
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 aims	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 purpose	cc
20	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 end	conj
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 representation	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 representation	det
23	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 end	conj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 motive	case
25	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 motive	amod
26	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 representation	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 improvement	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 improvement	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 improvement	det
30	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 aims	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 conduct	case
32	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 conduct	amod
33	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 improvement	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 conceals	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 conceals	cc
36	yet	yet	ADV	_	39 conceals	advmod
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 conceals	nsubj
38	so	so	ADV	_	39 conceals	advmod
39	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 aims	conj
40	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 design	nmod:poss
41	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 conceals	obj
42	under	under	ADP	_	44 disguise	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 disguise	det
44	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 conceals	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 characters	case
46	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 characters	amod
47	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 disguise	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 clothing	punct
49	by	by	SCONJ	_	50 clothing	mark
50	clothing	clothe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 conceals	advcl
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 speech	case
52	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 clothing	obl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 animals	det
54	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 speech	conj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 field	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 field	det
57	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 animals	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 birds	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 birds	det
60	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 animals	conj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 air	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 air	det
63	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 birds	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 trees	punct
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 trees	det
66	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 animals	conj
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 wood	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 wood	det
69	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 trees	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 beasts	punct
71	or	or	CCONJ	_	73 beasts	cc
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 beasts	det
73	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 wood	conj
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 forest	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 forest	det
76	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 beasts	nmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 receive	punct
78	that	that	SCONJ	_	82 receive	mark
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 reader	det
80	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 receive	nsubj
81	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	82 receive	aux
82	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 clothing	conj
83	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 receive	obj
84	without	without	SCONJ	_	85 perceiving	mark
85	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	82 receive	advcl
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 presence	det
87	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 perceiving	obj
88	of	of	ADP	_	90 adviser	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 adviser	det
90	adviser	adviser	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 presence	nmod
91	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rise	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the true Fable		meaning's high requirements			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to requirement=Initial_Location
2	aim	present	the true Fable not said here	the improvement of human conduct		at one great end and purpose and the representation of human motive; ever		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	conceal	present	meaning	meaning's design	the disguise of fictitious characters	yet		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent design=Patient under disguise=Location
4	clothe	gerund	meaning not said here				with speech and the animals of the field and the birds of the air and the trees of the wood or the beasts of the forest	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	receive	shall	the reader	advice				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme
6	perceive	gerund	the reader not said here	the presence of the adviser				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer presence=Stimulus
7	require		meaning					nom requirement «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
8	represent			human motive				nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
9	improve		human conduct					nom improvement «event intransitive»: of=agent
10	design		meaning					nom design «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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