Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 12, sentence 124

A Fox seeing him sitting so long and learning the reason of his doing so, said to him, “You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself; you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward you with enjoyment.”

Who acts: Fox, Jackdaw · What happens: see, sit, learn, do, say, be · To what, where: Jackdaw, reason, sir, hope · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fox, Jackdaw), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Fox	det
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	nsubj
3	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Fox	acl
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seeing	obj
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 seeing	conj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 sitting	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 learning	cc
9	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sitting	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 learning	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 doing	mark
13	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 doing	nsubj
14	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reason	acl
15	so	so	ADV	_	14 doing	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fox	punct
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 sir	punct
21	“	"	PUNCT	_	26 sir	punct
22	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 sir	nsubj
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sir	cop
24	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	26 sir	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 sir	punct
26	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 said	ccomp
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 deceiving	punct
28	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	29 deceiving	advmod
29	deceiving	deceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 sir	conj
30	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	29 deceiving	obj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 indulging	punct
32	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 indulging	nsubj
33	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 indulging	aux
34	indulging	indulge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 said	advcl
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 hope	det
36	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 indulging	obj
37	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 indulging	xcomp
38	enough	enough	ADV	_	37 strong	advmod
39	to	to	PART	_	40 cheat	mark
40	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 strong	advcl
41	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	40 cheat	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 reward	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 reward	cc
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 reward	nsubj
45	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 reward	aux
46	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	47 reward	advmod
47	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 said	parataxis
48	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 reward	obj
49	with	with	ADP	_	50 enjoyment	case
50	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 reward	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 reward	punct
52	”	"	PUNCT	_	47 reward	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	a Fox not said here	Jackdaw			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	sit	gerund	a Fox not said here			long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	learn	gerund	a Fox not said here	the reason			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
4	do	gerund	Jackdaw	the reason not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Eventuality
5	say speech: assert	past	a Fox		Jackdaw		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
6	is a in a quote	present	Jackdaw	sir		indeed property	tree rules
7	deceive in a quote	gerund	Jackdaw not said here	Jackdaw		sadly property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient
8	indulge in a quote	present · progressive	Jackdaw	a hope		strong property	tree rules
9	cheat in a quote	to-infinitive	Jackdaw not said here	Jackdaw			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Source
10	not reward in a quote	future			Jackdaw	with enjoyment	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient with enjoyment=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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