Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 10, sentence 126
The Ass, seeing him drawing a dungcart, thus derided him: “Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?”
Who acts: Ass, condition · What happens: see, draw, deride, be, reduce, treat · To what, where: Viper, dungcart, gay trappings, thou, condition, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ass, condition), 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 Ass | det |
| 2 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 derided | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 seeing | punct |
| 4 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Ass | acl |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 seeing | obj |
| 6 | drawing | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 seeing | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dungcart | det |
| 8 | dungcart | dungcart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drawing | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ass | punct |
| 10 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 11 derided | advmod |
| 11 | derided | deride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 derided | obj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 Where | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Where | punct |
| 15 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 derided | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 boaster | punct |
| 17 | O | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 18 boaster | case |
| 18 | boaster | boaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 derided | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 trappings | punct |
| 20 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 trappings | cop |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 trappings | advmod |
| 22 | all | all | ADV | _ | 25 trappings | advmod |
| 23 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 trappings | nmod:poss |
| 24 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 trappings | amod |
| 25 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 derided | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 reduced | punct |
| 27 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 reduced | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 reduced | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 reduced | aux:pass |
| 30 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 31 reduced | nsubj |
| 31 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 derided | parataxis |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 condition | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 condition | det |
| 34 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 reduced | obl |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 treated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 38 treated | advmod |
| 37 | lately | lately | ADV | _ | 38 treated | advmod |
| 38 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 condition | acl:relcl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 contempt | case |
| 40 | contempt | contempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 treated | obl |
| 41 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 31 reduced | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 derided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | the Ass not said here | Viper | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | draw | gerund | the Ass not said here | a dungcart | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dungcart=Theme | ||||
| 3 | deride | past | the Ass | Viper | of boaster; thus property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | thy gay trappings | now | all property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | reduce in a quote | present · passive | thou | to the condition goal | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to condition=Goal | ||||
| 6 | treat in a quote | participle · passive | the condition not said here | you | with contempt; lately property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with contempt=Theme |
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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