Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 134

They have inserted a hundred new fables, and they have the satisfaction of knowing that this edition, on which they have spared no pains nor cost, will afford a larger choice, and greater variety, to the numerous and increasing circle of the admirers of Æsopian Fables.

Who acts: Publishers, satisfaction · What happens: insert, have, know, spare, afford, increase · To what, where: hundred new fables, satisfaction, edition, pains, larger choice

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 (Publishers, satisfaction), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 inserted	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inserted	aux
3	inserted	insert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hundred	det
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 fables	nummod
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fables	amod
7	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inserted	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 have	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
11	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inserted	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 satisfaction	det
13	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 knowing	case
15	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 satisfaction	acl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 edition	mark
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 edition	det
18	edition	edition	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 knowing	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 spared	punct
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 spared	obl
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 spared	nsubj
23	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 spared	aux
24	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 edition	acl:relcl
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 pains	det
26	pains	pain	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 spared	obj
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	28 cost	cc
28	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 pains	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 afford	punct
30	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 afford	aux
31	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 inserted	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 choice	det
33	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 choice	amod
34	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 afford	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 variety	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 variety	cc
37	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	38 variety	amod
38	variety	variety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inserted	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 circle	punct
40	to	to	ADP	_	45 circle	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 circle	det
42	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 circle	amod
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 increasing	cc
44	increasing	increase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	45 circle	amod
45	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inserted	parataxis
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 admirers	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 admirers	det
48	admirers	admirer	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 circle	nmod
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 Fables	case
50	Æsopian	æsopian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Fables	amod
51	Fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 admirers	nmod
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 inserted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	insert	present · perfect	Publishers = publisher	hundred new fables		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fable=Theme
2	have	present	Publishers = publisher	the satisfaction		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Patient
3	know	gerund	the satisfaction not said here	this edition		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer edition=Stimulus
4	spare	present · perfect	Publishers = publisher	no pains nor cost	this edition	vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent pain=Asset
5	afford	future	Publishers = publisher not said here	a larger choice		tree rules
6	increase	gerund				vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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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