Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 81
The zealous and renowned Camerarius, who took an active part in the preparation of the Confession of Augsburgh, found time, amidst his numerous avocations, to prepare a version for the students in the University of Tübingen, in which he was a professor.
Who acts: zealous Camerarius · What happens: take, find, prepare, be, confess · To what, where: active part, preparation, version, professor, Confession, Augsburgh
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 (zealous Camerarius), 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 | 5 Camerarius | det |
| 2 | zealous | zealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Camerarius | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 renowned | cc |
| 4 | renowned | renowned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 zealous | conj |
| 5 | Camerarius | Camerarius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 took | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 took | nsubj |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 part | det |
| 10 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 part | amod |
| 11 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 preparation | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 preparation | det |
| 14 | preparation | preparation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Confession | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Confession | det |
| 17 | Confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 preparation | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Augsburgh | case |
| 19 | Augsburgh | Augsburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Confession | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 found | punct |
| 21 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | parataxis |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 found | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 avocations | punct |
| 24 | amidst | amidst | ADP | _ | 27 avocations | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 avocations | nmod:poss |
| 26 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 avocations | amod |
| 27 | avocations | avocation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 found | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 prepare | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 prepare | mark |
| 30 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 found | conj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 version | det |
| 32 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 prepare | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 students | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 students | det |
| 35 | students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 prepare | obl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 University | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 University | det |
| 38 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 students | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Tübingen | case |
| 40 | Tübingen | Tübingen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 University | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 professor | punct |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 which | case |
| 43 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 professor | nsubj |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 professor | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 professor | cop |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 professor | det |
| 47 | professor | professor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 prepare | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the zealous Camerarius | a active part | the preparation of the Confession of Augsburgh | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in preparation=Location | |||
| 2 | find | past | time | amidst Camerarius's numerous avocations | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | prepare | to-infinitive | a version | for the students in the University of Tübingen | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent version=Product for student=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | a professor | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | prepare | the Confession of Augsburgh | nom preparation «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | confess | Augsburgh | nom confession «communication transitive»: of=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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