Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 135

Whatever be the result of their labours, they will be content to have contributed towards promoting a wider acquaintance with fables, the wisdom, excellency, and wonderful suitableness of which to every condition of humanity has been attested and confirmed by the experience of so many generations; and which in all ages, amidst the ever changing fluctuations of human opinion, are adapted alike to amuse the young, and to instruct the thoughtful, and are well fitted to teach all who study them lessons useful for their guidance in every position of political, social, civil, or domestic life.

Who acts: result, Publishers · What happens: be, contribute, promote, attest, confirm, change · To what, where: Whatever, wider acquaintance, ages, young, thoughtful, all

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 (result, Publishers), 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	Whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Int	12 content	advcl
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	1 Whatever	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 result	det
4	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whatever	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 labours	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 labours	nmod:poss
7	labours	labour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 result	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Whatever	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 content	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 content	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 content	cop
12	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	15 contributed	mark
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 contributed	aux
15	contributed	contribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 content	advcl
16	towards	towards	SCONJ	_	17 promoting	mark
17	promoting	promote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 contributed	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 acquaintance	det
19	wider	wide	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 acquaintance	amod
20	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 promoting	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 fables	case
22	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 promoting	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 wisdom	punct
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 wisdom	det
25	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fables	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 excellency	punct
27	excellency	excellency	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wisdom	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 suitableness	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 suitableness	cc
30	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 suitableness	amod
31	suitableness	suitableness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 content	conj
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 which	case
33	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 attested	obl
34	to	to	ADP	_	36 condition	case
35	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	36 condition	det
36	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 attested	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 humanity	case
38	humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 condition	nmod
39	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 attested	aux
40	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 attested	aux:pass
41	attested	attest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 suitableness	acl:relcl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 confirmed	cc
43	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 attested	conj
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 experience	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 experience	det
46	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 confirmed	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	50 generations	case
48	so	so	ADV	_	49 many	advmod
49	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 generations	amod
50	generations	generation	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 experience	nmod
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 adapted	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 adapted	cc
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	68 adapted	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	56 ages	case
55	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 ages	det
56	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 adapted	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 fluctuations	punct
58	amidst	amidst	ADP	_	62 fluctuations	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 fluctuations	det
60	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	61 changing	advmod
61	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	62 fluctuations	amod
62	fluctuations	fluctuation	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 ages	conj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 opinion	case
64	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 opinion	amod
65	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 fluctuations	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 ages	punct
67	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 adapted	aux:pass
68	adapted	adapt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 content	conj
69	alike	alike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 adapted	xcomp
70	to	to	PART	_	71 amuse	mark
71	amuse	amuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 adapted	advcl
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 young	det
73	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 amuse	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 instruct	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 instruct	cc
76	to	to	PART	_	77 instruct	mark
77	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 amuse	conj
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 thoughtful	det
79	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 instruct	obj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 fitted	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 fitted	cc
82	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 fitted	aux:pass
83	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	84 fitted	advmod
84	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 content	conj
85	to	to	PART	_	86 teach	mark
86	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 fitted	xcomp
87	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	86 teach	obj
88	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	89 study	nsubj
89	study	study	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	87 all	acl:relcl
90	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 study	obj
91	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 study	obj
92	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 lessons	amod
93	for	for	ADP	_	95 guidance	case
94	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 guidance	nmod:poss
95	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 useful	obl
96	in	in	ADP	_	98 position	case
97	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	98 position	det
98	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 guidance	nmod
99	of	of	ADP	_	108 life	case
100	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 life	amod
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 social	punct
102	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 political	conj
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 civil	punct
104	civil	civil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 political	conj
105	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 domestic	punct
106	or	or	CCONJ	_	107 domestic	cc
107	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 political	conj
108	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 position	nmod
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 content	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive	the result of Publishers's labours	Whatever				tree rules
2	is	future	Publishers = publisher				content property	tree rules
3	contribute	to-infinitive · perfect	Publishers = publisher not said here					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	promote	gerund	Publishers = publisher not said here	a wider acquaintance			with fables the wisdom and excellency	vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Theme
5	attest	present · perfect · passive					of wonderful suitableness; to every condition of humanity	tree rules
6	confirm	participle					by the experience of many generations	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
7	change	gerund				ever		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	adapt	present · passive	Publishers = publisher not said here			in all ages and the changing fluctuations of human opinion	alike property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: which=Patient
9	amuse	to-infinitive	Publishers = publisher not said here	the young				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus young=Experiencer
10	instruct speech: other	to-infinitive	Publishers = publisher not said here	the thoughtful				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thoughtful=Recipient
11	fit	present · passive	Publishers = publisher not said here				well property	tree rules
12	teach speech: other	to-infinitive	Publishers = publisher not said here	all				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient
13	study	present		Publishers = publisher				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme lesson=Attribute
14	result			Publishers's labours				nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
15	condition			humanity				nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
16	experience			many generations				nom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient
17	fluctuate			human opinion				nom fluctuation «event transitive»: of=patient
18	guide		Publishers = publisher		every position of political life			nom guidance «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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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