Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 96
This intimation has since given rise to a series of inquiries, the knowledge of which is necessary, in the present day, to a full understanding of the true position of Æsop in connection with the writings that bear his name.
Who acts: intimation, writings · What happens: have, give, be, bear, understand, name · To what, where: name, true position
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 (intimation, writings), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 intimation | det |
| 2 | intimation | intimation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | since | since | ADP | _ | 6 rise | case |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 rise | amod |
| 6 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 series | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 series | det |
| 9 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rise | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 inquiries | case |
| 11 | inquiries | inquiry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 series | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 knowledge | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 knowledge | det |
| 14 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rise | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 necessary | obl |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 necessary | cop |
| 18 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 knowledge | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 day | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 day | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 day | det |
| 22 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 day | amod |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 necessary | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 understanding | punct |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 understanding | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 understanding | det |
| 27 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 understanding | amod |
| 28 | understanding | understanding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 necessary | conj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 position | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 position | det |
| 31 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 position | amod |
| 32 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 understanding | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Æsop | case |
| 34 | Æsop | Æsop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 position | nmod |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 connection | case |
| 36 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 position | nmod |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 writings | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 writings | det |
| 39 | writings | writing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 connection | nmod |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 bear | nsubj |
| 41 | bear | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 writings | acl:relcl |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 name | nmod:poss |
| 43 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 bear | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | this intimation | since given rise to a series of inquiries and the knowledge | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | of the knowledge; necessary property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | bear | present | the writings | intimation's name | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | ||||
| 5 | understand | the true position of Æsop in connection with the writings | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | name | intimation | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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