Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 10, sentence 9
He ordered at the same time that all the Apes be arranged in a long row on his right hand and on his left, and that a throne be placed for him, as was the custom among men.
Who acts: other · What happens: order, arrange, place, be · To what, where: Apes, long row, throne
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 (other), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ordered | obl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 arranged | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 Apes | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Apes | det |
| 10 | Apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 arranged | nsubj |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 arranged | aux:pass |
| 12 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 time | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 row | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 row | det |
| 15 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 row | amod |
| 16 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 arranged | obl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 hand | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hand | nmod:poss |
| 19 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 hand | amod |
| 20 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 row | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 left | cc |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 left | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 left | nmod:poss |
| 24 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hand | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 placed | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 placed | cc |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 placed | mark |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 throne | det |
| 29 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 placed | aux:pass |
| 31 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ordered | conj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 him | case |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 placed | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 custom | punct |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 38 custom | case |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 custom | cop |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 custom | det |
| 38 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 placed | obl |
| 39 | among | among | ADP | _ | 40 men | case |
| 40 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 custom | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ordered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | other | time | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | arrange | infinitive · passive | all Apes | a long row on other's right hand and other's left | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination | ||||
| 3 | place | infinitive · passive | a throne | for other | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | as the custom; among men | tree rules |
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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