Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 90
During the interval of three centuries which has elapsed since the publication of this volume of Nevelet’s, no book, with the exception of the Holy Scriptures, has had a wider circulation than Æsop’s Fables.
What happens: elapse, have, publish, except · To what, where: three centuries, wider circulation, volume, Holy Scriptures
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: 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 interval | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 interval | det |
| 3 | interval | interval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 had | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 centuries | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 centuries | nummod |
| 6 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 interval | nmod |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 elapsed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 elapsed | aux |
| 9 | elapsed | elapse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 centuries | acl:relcl |
| 10 | since | since | ADP | _ | 12 publication | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 publication | det |
| 12 | publication | publication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 elapsed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 volume | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 volume | det |
| 15 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 publication | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Nevelet | case |
| 17 | Nevelet | Nevelet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 volume | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 Nevelet | case |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 book | punct |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 book | det |
| 21 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 volume | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 exception | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 exception | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 exception | det |
| 25 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 elapsed | parataxis |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Scriptures | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Scriptures | det |
| 28 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 29 Scriptures | compound |
| 29 | Scriptures | Scripture | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 exception | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 interval | punct |
| 31 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 had | aux |
| 32 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 circulation | det |
| 34 | wider | wide | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 35 circulation | amod |
| 35 | circulation | circulation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 had | obj |
| 36 | than | than | ADP | _ | 39 Fables | case |
| 37 | Æsop | Æsop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Fables | nmod:poss |
| 38 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 37 Æsop | case |
| 39 | Fables | fable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 circulation | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elapse | present · perfect · passive | three centuries | since the publication of Nevelet's volume and no book | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present · perfect | a wider circulation | during the interval of three centuries | than Æsop's Fables | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circulation=Patient | |||
| 3 | publish | Nevelet's volume and no book | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | except | the Holy Scriptures | nom exception «cognition 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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