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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 10, sentence 55

One of the bystanders said to him, “My good fellow, why do you sell him, being such a one as you describe, when you may yourself enjoy the good things he has to give?”

Who acts: One, Mercury, good things · What happens: say, sell, be, describe, enjoy, have · To what, where: Mercury, one, good things · 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 (One, Mercury, good things), 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

nsubjcasedetnmodcaseoblpunctpunctnmod:possamodccomppunctadvmodauxnsubjparataxisiobjpunctcopdet:predetdetoblmarknsubjadvclpunctmarknsubjauxnsubjparataxisdetamodobjnsubjacl:relclmarkxcomppunctpunctrootOneNUMofADPtheDETbystandersNOUNsaidVERBtoADPhimPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTMyPRONgoodADJfellowNOUN,PUNCTwhyADVdoAUXyouPRONsellVERBhimPRON,PUNCTbeingAUXsuchDETaDEToneNUMasSCONJyouPRONdescribeVERB,PUNCTwhenSCONJyouPRONmayAUXyourselfPRONenjoyVERBtheDETgoodADJthingsNOUNhePRONhasVERBtoPARTgiveVERB?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 saidnsubj
2ofofADP_4 bystanderscase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 bystandersdet
4bystandersbystanderNOUNNumber=Plur1 Onenmod
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6totoADP_7 himcase
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 saidobl
8,,PUNCT_12 fellowpunct
9“"PUNCT_12 fellowpunct
10MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 fellownmod:poss
11goodgoodADJDegree=Pos12 fellowamod
12fellowfellowNOUNNumber=Sing5 saidccomp
13,,PUNCT_17 sellpunct
14whywhyADVPronType=Int17 selladvmod
15dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 sellaux
16youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs17 sellnsubj
17sellsellVERBVerbForm=Inf12 fellowparataxis
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 selliobj
19,,PUNCT_23 onepunct
20beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 onecop
21suchsuchDETPronType=Ind23 onedet:predet
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 onedet
23oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card17 sellobl
24asasSCONJ_26 describemark
25youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs26 describensubj
26describedescribeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 oneadvcl
27,,PUNCT_32 enjoypunct
28whenwhenSCONJ_32 enjoymark
29youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs32 enjoynsubj
30maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin32 enjoyaux
31yourselfyourselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes32 enjoynsubj
32enjoyenjoyVERBVerbForm=Inf12 fellowparataxis
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 thingsdet
34goodgoodADJDegree=Pos35 thingsamod
35thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur32 enjoyobj
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 hasnsubj
37hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 thingsacl:relcl
38totoPART_39 givemark
39givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf37 hasxcomp
40??PUNCT_32 enjoypunct
41”"PUNCT_12 fellowpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpastOne of the bystandersMercuryvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
2sell in a quotepresent · do-supportMercuryMercuryvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3is a in a quotegerundsuch onetree rules
4describe in a quotepresentMercuryvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5enjoy in a quotemayMercurythe good thingsvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
6have in a quotepresentMercurythe good things not said heretree rules
7give in a quoteto-infinitivethe good things not said herevn 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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