Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 8, sentence 46
The Snake, being in great torment and not knowing how to rid himself of his enemy, saw a wagon heavily laden with wood, and went and purposely placed his head under the wheels, saying, “At least my enemy and I shall perish together.”
Who acts: Snake, I · What happens: be, not know, rid, see, lade, go · To what, where: great torment, Snake, wagon, head, wheels · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Snake, I), 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 | 2 Snake | det |
| 2 | Snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 torment | punct |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 torment | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 torment | case |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 torment | amod |
| 7 | torment | torment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Snake | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 knowing | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 knowing | advmod |
| 10 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 torment | conj |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 rid | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 rid | mark |
| 13 | rid | rid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 knowing | xcomp |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 rid | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 enemy | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 17 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rid | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Snake | punct |
| 19 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 wagon | det |
| 21 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saw | obj |
| 22 | heavily | heavily | ADV | _ | 23 laden | advmod |
| 23 | laden | lade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 wagon | acl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 wood | case |
| 25 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 laden | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 went | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 went | cc |
| 28 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 saw | parataxis |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 placed | cc |
| 30 | purposely | purposely | ADV | _ | 31 placed | advmod |
| 31 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 went | conj |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 head | nmod:poss |
| 33 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 placed | obj |
| 34 | under | under | ADP | _ | 36 wheels | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 wheels | det |
| 36 | wheels | wheel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 placed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 saying | punct |
| 38 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 placed | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 enemy | punct |
| 40 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 enemy | punct |
| 41 | At | at | ADP | _ | 42 least | case |
| 42 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 44 enemy | nmod |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 44 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 saying | ccomp |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 perish | cc |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 perish | nsubj |
| 47 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 perish | aux |
| 48 | perish | perish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 went | conj |
| 49 | together | together | ADV | _ | 48 perish | advmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 saw | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | great torment | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | rid | to-infinitive | Snake | of Snake's enemy | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Source of enemy=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | past | the Snake | a wagon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wagon=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | lade | participle | a wagon not said here | with wood; heavily property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | go | past | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | place | past | Snake's head | the wheels | purposely property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme under wheel=Destination | |||
| 8 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | perish in a quote | shall | I | together property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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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