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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 13, sentence 126

All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, and in the scuffle with their owners, wounded with a sword the Mule carrying the treasure, which they greedily seized while taking no notice of the grain.

Who acts: All, Mule, Mules · What happens: rush, wound, carry, seize, take, notice · To what, where: hiding places, scuffle, treasure, notice, grain

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (All, Mule, Mules), 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

nsubjcasedetamodnmodcaseoblcasenmod:posscompoundpunctoblpunctcccasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctaclcasedetobldetconjacldetobjpunctobjnsubjadvmodparataxismarkadvcldetobjcasedetnmodpunctrootAllDETofADPaDETsuddenADJRobbersNOUNrushedVERBuponADPthemPRONfromADPtheirPRONhidingNOUN-PUNCTplacesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETscuffleNOUNwithADPtheirPRONownersNOUN,PUNCTwoundedVERBwithADPaDETswordNOUNtheDETMuleNOUNcarryingVERBtheDETtreasureNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONtheyPRONgreedilyADVseizedVERBwhileSCONJtakingVERBnoDETnoticeNOUNofADPtheDETgrainNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AllallDETPronType=Tot6 rushednsubj
2ofofADP_5 Robberscase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 Robbersdet
4suddensuddenADJDegree=Pos5 Robbersamod
5RobbersrobberNOUNNumber=Plur1 Allnmod
6rushedrushVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7uponuponADP_8 themcase
8themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 rushedobl
9fromfromADP_13 placescase
10theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 placesnmod:poss
11hidinghidingNOUNNumber=Sing13 placescompound
12--PUNCT_11 hidingpunct
13placesplaceNOUNNumber=Plur6 rushedobl
14,,PUNCT_18 scufflepunct
15andandCCONJ_18 scufflecc
16ininADP_18 scufflecase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 scuffledet
18scufflescuffleNOUNNumber=Sing6 rushedobl
19withwithADP_21 ownerscase
20theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 ownersnmod:poss
21ownersownerNOUNNumber=Plur18 scufflenmod
22,,PUNCT_23 woundedpunct
23woundedwoundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 scuffleacl
24withwithADP_26 swordcase
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 sworddet
26swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing23 woundedobl
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 Muledet
28MulemuleNOUNNumber=Sing26 swordconj
29carryingcarryVERBVerbForm=Ger28 Muleacl
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 treasuredet
31treasuretreasureNOUNNumber=Sing29 carryingobj
32,,PUNCT_36 seizedpunct
33whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel36 seizedobj
34theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs36 seizednsubj
35greedilygreedilyADV_36 seizedadvmod
36seizedseizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 treasureparataxis
37whilewhileSCONJ_38 takingmark
38takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part36 seizedadvcl
39nonoDETPronType=Neg40 noticedet
40noticenoticeNOUNNumber=Sing38 takingobj
41ofofADP_43 graincase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 graindet
43graingrainNOUNNumber=Sing40 noticenmod
44..PUNCT_6 rushedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rushpastAllMules's hiding placesupon Mules = mule; in the scuffle with Mules's ownersvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Trajectory
2woundparticiplethe scuffle with Mules's owners not said herewith a sword and the Mulevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3carrygerundthe Mule not said herethe treasurevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
4seizepastMules = mulethe treasuregreedily propertyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
5takegerundMules = mule not said hereno notice of the grainvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
6noticethe grainnom notice «communication transitive»: 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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