Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 11
But when the Lion was released from his cage, he recognized the Shepherd as the man who healed him, and instead of attacking him, approached and placed his foot upon his lap.
Who acts: Shepherd, man · What happens: release, recognize, heal, attack, approach, place · To what, where: Lion, cage, Shepherd, foot, lap
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shepherd, man), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 recognized | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 released | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Lion | det |
| 4 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 released | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 released | aux:pass |
| 6 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 recognized | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 cage | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cage | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 released | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 released | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 recognized | nsubj |
| 12 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Shepherd | det |
| 14 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 recognized | obj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 man | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 recognized | obl |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 healed | nsubj |
| 19 | healed | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 man | acl:relcl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 healed | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 attacking | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 attacking | cc |
| 23 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 25 attacking | mark |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 instead | fixed |
| 25 | attacking | attack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 recognized | advcl |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 attacking | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 approached | punct |
| 28 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 recognized | parataxis |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 placed | cc |
| 30 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 approached | conj |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 foot | nmod:poss |
| 32 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 placed | obj |
| 33 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 35 lap | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 lap | nmod:poss |
| 35 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 placed | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 recognized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | past · passive | the Lion | Shepherd's cage | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | recognize | past | Shepherd | the Shepherd | as the man | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer shepherd=Stimulus as man=Attribute | |||
| 3 | heal | past | the man | Shepherd | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | attack | gerund | Shepherd not said here | Shepherd | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 5 | approach | past | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | place | past | Shepherd's foot | Shepherd's lap | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme upon lap=Destination |
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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