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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 13, sentence 49

The Lion replied, “I have no objection, but you must excuse me for requiring you to find surety for your good faith, for how can I trust anyone as a friend who is able to fly away from his bargain whenever he pleases?”

Who acts: Lion, you, friend · What happens: reply, have, excuse, require, find, trust · To what, where: objection, Lion, you, surety, anyone, bargain · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Lion, you, friend), 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

detnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompdetobjpunctccnsubjauxparataxisobjmarkadvclobjmarkadvclobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctmarkadvmodauxnsubjconjobjcasedetoblnsubjcopacl:relclmarkxcompadvmodcasenmod:possobladvmodnsubjadvclpunctpunctrootTheDETLionPROPNrepliedVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONhaveVERBnoDETobjectionNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJyouPRONmustAUXexcuseVERBmePRONforSCONJrequiringVERByouPRONtoPARTfindVERBsuretyNOUNforADPyourPRONgoodADJfaithNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJhowADVcanAUXIPRONtrustVERBanyonePRONasADPaDETfriendNOUNwhoPRONisAUXableADJtoPARTflyVERBawayADVfromADPhisPRONbargainNOUNwheneverADVhePRONpleasesVERB?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Liondet
2LionLionPROPNNumber=Sing3 repliednsubj
3repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 havepunct
5“"PUNCT_7 havepunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 havensubj
7havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 repliedccomp
8nonoDETPronType=Neg9 objectiondet
9objectionobjectionNOUNNumber=Sing7 haveobj
10,,PUNCT_14 excusepunct
11butbutCCONJ_14 excusecc
12youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 excusensubj
13mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin14 excuseaux
14excuseexcuseVERBVerbForm=Inf7 haveparataxis
15meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 excuseobj
16forforSCONJ_17 requiringmark
17requiringrequireVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 excuseadvcl
18youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs17 requiringobj
19totoPART_20 findmark
20findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf17 requiringadvcl
21suretysuretyNOUNNumber=Sing20 findobj
22forforADP_25 faithcase
23youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 faithnmod:poss
24goodgoodADJDegree=Pos25 faithamod
25faithfaithNOUNNumber=Sing20 findobl
26,,PUNCT_31 trustpunct
27forforSCONJ_31 trustmark
28howhowADVPronType=Int31 trustadvmod
29cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin31 trustaux
30IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 trustnsubj
31trusttrustVERBVerbForm=Inf14 excuseconj
32anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind31 trustobj
33asasADP_35 friendcase
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 frienddet
35friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing31 trustobl
36whowhoPRONPronType=Rel38 ablensubj
37isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 ablecop
38ableableADJDegree=Pos35 friendacl:relcl
39totoPART_40 flymark
40flyflyVERBVerbForm=Inf38 ablexcomp
41awayawayADV_40 flyadvmod
42fromfromADP_44 bargaincase
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 bargainnmod:poss
44bargainbargainNOUNNumber=Sing40 flyobl
45wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel47 pleasesadvmod
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 pleasesnsubj
47pleasespleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 flyadvcl
48??PUNCT_3 repliedpunct
49”"PUNCT_3 repliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: askpastthe Lionvn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2have in a quotepresentthe Lion = lionno objectionvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Patient
3excuse in a quotemustyouthe Lion = lionvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4require in a quotegerundyou not said hereyouvn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Precondition
5find in a quoteto-infinitiveyou not said heresuretyfor your good faithvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent surety=Theme for faith=Beneficiary
6trust in a quotecanthe Lion = lionanyoneas a friendvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
7is in a quotepresenta friendable propertytree rules
8fly away in a quoteto-infinitivea friend not said herefriend's bargainaway propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bargain=Trajectory
9please in a quotepresentfriendwhenever propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10bargain in a quotefriendnom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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