Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 131

So also the fables of the “Swollen Fox” and of the “Frogs asking a King” were spoken by Æsop for the immediate purpose of reconciling the inhabitants of Samos and Athens to their respective rulers, Periander and Pisistratus; while the fable of the “Horse and Stag” was composed to caution the inhabitants of Himera against granting a bodyguard to Phalaris.

Who acts: Frogs, Æsop, immediate purpose, inhabitants · What happens: ask, speak, reconcile, compose, caution, grant · To what, where: King, fables, inhabitants, fable, bodyguard, Phalaris · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Frogs, Æsop, immediate purpose, inhabitants), 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	So	so	ADV	_	21 spoken	advmod
2	also	also	ADV	_	4 fables	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fables	det
4	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 spoken	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 Fox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Fox	det
7	“	"	PUNCT	_	9 Fox	punct
8	Swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Fox	amod
9	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fables	nmod
10	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 fables	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Frogs	cc
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Frogs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Frogs	det
14	“	"	PUNCT	_	15 Frogs	punct
15	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fables	conj
16	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 Frogs	acl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 King	det
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 asking	obj
19	”	"	PUNCT	_	18 King	punct
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 spoken	aux:pass
21	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 Æsop	case
23	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 spoken	obl
24	for	for	ADP	_	27 purpose	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 purpose	det
26	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 purpose	amod
27	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spoken	obl
28	of	of	SCONJ	_	29 reconciling	mark
29	reconciling	reconcile	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 purpose	acl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 inhabitants	det
31	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 reconciling	obj
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 Samos	case
33	Samos	Samos	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 inhabitants	nmod
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 Athens	cc
35	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Samos	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	39 rulers	case
37	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 rulers	nmod:poss
38	respective	respective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 rulers	amod
39	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 reconciling	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Periander	punct
41	Periander	Periander	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 rulers	appos
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 Pisistratus	cc
43	Pisistratus	Pisistratus	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 Periander	conj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 composed	punct
45	while	while	SCONJ	_	56 composed	mark
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 fable	det
47	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 composed	nsubj:pass
48	of	of	ADP	_	51 Horse	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Horse	det
50	“	"	PUNCT	_	51 Horse	punct
51	Horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 fable	nmod
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 Stag	cc
53	Stag	Stag	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Horse	conj
54	”	"	PUNCT	_	53 Stag	punct
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 composed	aux:pass
56	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 spoken	conj
57	to	to	PART	_	58 caution	mark
58	caution	caution	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 composed	xcomp
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 inhabitants	det
60	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 caution	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 Himera	case
62	Himera	Himera	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 inhabitants	nmod
63	against	against	SCONJ	_	64 granting	mark
64	granting	grant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 caution	advcl
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 bodyguard	det
66	bodyguard	bodyguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 granting	obj
67	to	to	ADP	_	68 Phalaris	case
68	Phalaris	Phalaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 bodyguard	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 spoken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund	the Frogs not said here		a King		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
2	speak speech: other	past · passive	Æsop	the fables of the Swollen Fox and the Frogs		for the immediate purpose	tree rules
3	reconcile	gerund	the immediate purpose not said here	the inhabitants of Samos and Athens		to Fables's respective rulers	tree rules
4	compose	past · passive		the fable of the Horse and Stag			tree rules
5	caution speech: other	to-infinitive	the inhabitants of Himera				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
6	grant	gerund	the inhabitants of Himera not said here	a bodyguard	Phalaris		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent bodyguard=Theme to phalaris=Goal

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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