Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 14
Thus the superiority of the counsellor, which often renders counsel unpalatable, is kept out of view, and the lesson comes with the greater acceptance when the reader is led, unconsciously to himself, to have his sympathies enlisted in behalf of what is pure, honourable, and praiseworthy, and to have his indignation excited against what is low, ignoble, and unworthy.
Who acts: renders, lesson, sympathies · What happens: counsel, keep out, come, lead, have, enlist · To what, where: counsellor, superiority, view, reader, behalf, indignation
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 (renders, lesson, sympathies), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 3 superiority | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 superiority | det |
| 3 | superiority | superiority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 counsellor | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 counsellor | det |
| 6 | counsellor | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 superiority | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 counsel | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 counsel | obj |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 counsel | advmod |
| 10 | renders | render | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 counsel | nsubj |
| 11 | counsel | counsel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 counsellor | acl:relcl |
| 12 | unpalatable | unpalatable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 counsel | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 superiority | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 kept | aux:pass |
| 15 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 view | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 view | case |
| 18 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 kept | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 comes | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 comes | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 lesson | det |
| 22 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 comes | nsubj |
| 23 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 kept | parataxis |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 acceptance | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 acceptance | det |
| 26 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 acceptance | amod |
| 27 | acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 comes | obl |
| 28 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 32 led | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 reader | det |
| 30 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 led | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 led | aux:pass |
| 32 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 acceptance | acl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 himself | punct |
| 34 | unconsciously | unconsciously | ADV | _ | 36 himself | advmod |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 himself | case |
| 36 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 comes | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 have | punct |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 have | mark |
| 39 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 comes | conj |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 sympathies | nmod:poss |
| 41 | sympathies | sympathy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 enlisted | nsubj |
| 42 | enlisted | enlist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 have | ccomp |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 behalf | case |
| 44 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 enlisted | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 what | case |
| 46 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 behalf | nmod |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 pure | cop |
| 48 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 what | acl:relcl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 honourable | punct |
| 50 | honourable | honourable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 pure | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 praiseworthy | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 praiseworthy | cc |
| 53 | praiseworthy | praiseworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kept | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 have | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 have | cc |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 have | mark |
| 57 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 kept | parataxis |
| 58 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 indignation | nmod:poss |
| 59 | indignation | indignation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 have | obj |
| 60 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 have | xcomp |
| 61 | against | against | ADP | _ | 62 what | case |
| 62 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 excited | obl |
| 63 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 low | cop |
| 64 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 what | acl:relcl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 ignoble | punct |
| 66 | ignoble | ignoble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 low | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 unworthy | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 unworthy | cc |
| 69 | unworthy | unworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kept | conj |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 kept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | counsel speech: other | present | renders | the counsellor | often, unpalatable property | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | |||
| 2 | keep out | present · passive | the superiority of the counsellor | view | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme view=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | come | present | the lesson | reader | with the greater acceptance | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | lead | present · passive | the reader | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | have | to-infinitive | the lesson not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | enlist | past | reader's sympathies | behalf | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent in behalf=Beneficiary | ||||
| 7 | is | present | pure property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 9 | have | to-infinitive | reader's indignation | excited property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indignation=Patient | ||||
| 10 | is | present | low property | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | be | tree rules |
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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