Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 132

In a similar manner, the fable from Phædrus, the “Marriage of the Sun,” is supposed to have reference to the contemplated union of Livia, the daughter of Drusus, with Sejanus the favourite, and minister of Trajan.

What happens: suppose, have, contemplate · To what, where: minister, similar manner, reference

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: 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 manner	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 supposed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fable	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fable	det
7	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 manner	appos
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 Phædrus	case
9	Phædrus	Phædrus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fable	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Marriage	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Marriage	det
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	13 Marriage	punct
13	Marriage	Marriage	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Phædrus	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Sun	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Sun	det
16	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Marriage	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 manner	punct
18	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 manner	punct
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 supposed	aux:pass
20	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
21	to	to	PART	_	22 have	mark
22	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 supposed	xcomp
23	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 have	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 union	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 union	det
26	contemplated	contemplate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 union	amod
27	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 have	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Livia	case
29	Livia	Livia	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 union	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 daughter	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 daughter	det
32	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 Livia	appos
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 Drusus	case
34	Drusus	Drusus	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 daughter	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 Sejanus	punct
36	with	with	ADP	_	37 Sejanus	case
37	Sejanus	Sejanus	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 have	obl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 favourite	det
39	favourite	favourite	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 have	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 minister	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 minister	cc
42	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 supposed	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 Trajan	case
44	Trajan	Trajan	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 minister	nmod
45	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 supposed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suppose	present · passive	minister of Trajan	a similar manner		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Theme
2	have	to-infinitive	reference		to the contemplated union of Livia; with Sejanus	tree rules
3	contemplate	participle				vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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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