Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 11, sentence 46
The father embraced them both, and bestowing his kisses and affection impartially on each, said, “I wish you both would look into the mirror every day: you, my son, that you may not spoil your beauty by evil conduct; and you, my daughter, that you may make up for your lack of beauty by your virtues.”
Who acts: father, I, both, you, your · What happens: embrace, bestow, say, wish, look, son · To what, where: Brother, kisses, each, you, beauty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, I, both, you), 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 father | det |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 embraced | nsubj |
| 3 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 embraced | obj |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 them | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bestowing | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 bestowing | cc |
| 8 | bestowing | bestow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 embraced | advcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 kisses | nmod:poss |
| 10 | kisses | kiss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bestowing | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 affection | cc |
| 12 | affection | affection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kisses | conj |
| 13 | impartially | impartially | ADV | _ | 8 bestowing | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 each | case |
| 15 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 bestowing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 embraced | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 wish | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 wish | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 wish | nsubj |
| 21 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | ccomp |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 wish | iobj |
| 23 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 look | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 look | aux |
| 25 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 wish | parataxis |
| 26 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 mirror | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 mirror | det |
| 28 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 look | obl |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 day | det |
| 30 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 look | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 son | punct |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 35 son | nsubj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 son | punct |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 son | nmod:poss |
| 35 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | ccomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 spoil | punct |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 spoil | mark |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 spoil | nsubj |
| 39 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 spoil | aux |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 spoil | advmod |
| 41 | spoil | spoil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 son | acl:relcl |
| 42 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 43 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 spoil | obj |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 conduct | case |
| 45 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 conduct | amod |
| 46 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 spoil | obl |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 you | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 you | cc |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 embraced | parataxis |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 daughter | punct |
| 51 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 52 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 you | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 make | punct |
| 54 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 57 make | mark |
| 55 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 57 make | nsubj |
| 56 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 make | aux |
| 57 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 embraced | parataxis |
| 58 | up | up | ADP | _ | 57 make | compound:prt |
| 59 | for | for | ADP | _ | 61 lack | case |
| 60 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 lack | nmod:poss |
| 61 | lack | lack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 make | obl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 beauty | case |
| 63 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 lack | nmod |
| 64 | by | by | ADP | _ | 66 virtues | case |
| 65 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 virtues | nmod:poss |
| 66 | virtues | virtue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 make | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 make | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 57 make | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embrace | past | the father | Brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bestow | gerund | the father not said here | FATHER's kisses and affection | each | impartially property | tree rules | ||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | wish in a quote | present | I | you | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | ||||
| 5 | look in a quote | would | both | day | into the mirror | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into mirror=Theme | |||
| 6 | son in a quote | you | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | not spoil in a quote | may | you | your beauty | by evil conduct | tree rules | |||
| 8 | make up in a quote | may | you | for your lack of beauty; by your virtues | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | kiss | FATHER | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | lack in a quote | your | beauty | nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent of=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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