Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 56
Æthiop The Ant and the Dove The Ants and the Grasshopper The Apes and the Two Travelers The Ass and the Charger The Ass and His Driver The Ass and the Frogs The Ass and the Grasshopper The Ass and his Masters The Ass and his Purchaser The Ass and his Shadow The Ass and the Horse The Ass and the Lapdog The Ass and the Mule The Ass and the Old Shepherd The Ass and the Wolf The Ass Carrying the Image The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion The Ass in the Lion’s Skin The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion The Astronomer
Who acts: Ass · What happens: carry · To what, where: Image
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ass), 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 | Æthiop | Æthiop | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Ant | det |
| 3 | Ant | Ant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Dove | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dove | det |
| 6 | Dove | Dove | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Ants | det |
| 8 | Ants | Ant | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 Dove | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Grasshopper | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Grasshopper | det |
| 11 | Grasshopper | Grasshopper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 12 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Apes | det |
| 13 | Apes | Ape | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Travelers | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Travelers | det |
| 16 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 Travelers | nummod |
| 17 | Travelers | Traveler | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 Apes | conj |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Ass | det |
| 19 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Travelers | appos |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 Charger | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Charger | det |
| 22 | Charger | Charger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 23 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Ass | det |
| 24 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Charger | appos |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 Ass | cc |
| 26 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 Driver | nmod:poss |
| 27 | Driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Ass | nsubj |
| 28 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Ass | det |
| 29 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 Frogs | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Frogs | det |
| 32 | Frogs | Frog | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 33 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Ass | det |
| 34 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Frogs | nmod:unmarked |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 Grasshopper | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Grasshopper | det |
| 37 | Grasshopper | Grasshopper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 38 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Ass | det |
| 39 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Grasshopper | appos |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 Masters | cc |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 Masters | nmod:poss |
| 42 | Masters | Master | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 43 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Ass | det |
| 44 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Purchaser | cc |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 Purchaser | nmod:poss |
| 47 | Purchaser | Purchaser | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 48 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Ass | det |
| 49 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Purchaser | appos |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 Shadow | cc |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 Shadow | nmod:poss |
| 52 | Shadow | Shadow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 53 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Ass | det |
| 54 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Shadow | appos |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 Horse | cc |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Horse | det |
| 57 | Horse | Horse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 58 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Ass | det |
| 59 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Horse | appos |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 Lapdog | cc |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Lapdog | det |
| 62 | Lapdog | Lapdog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 63 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 Ass | det |
| 64 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Lapdog | appos |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 Mule | cc |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 Mule | det |
| 67 | Mule | Mule | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 68 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 Ass | det |
| 69 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 Mule | appos |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 Shepherd | cc |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 Shepherd | det |
| 72 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 Shepherd | amod |
| 73 | Shepherd | Shepherd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 74 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 Ass | det |
| 75 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Shepherd | flat |
| 76 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 78 Wolf | cc |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 Wolf | det |
| 78 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 79 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 Ass | det |
| 80 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 81 | Carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 80 Ass | acl |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 Image | det |
| 83 | Image | Image | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 Carrying | obj |
| 84 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 Ass | det |
| 85 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 Carrying | xcomp |
| 86 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 88 Cock | punct |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 Cock | det |
| 88 | Cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 Ass | appos |
| 89 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 94 Ass | punct |
| 90 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 94 Ass | cc |
| 91 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 92 Lion | det |
| 92 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 94 Ass | compound |
| 93 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 94 Ass | det |
| 94 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 95 | in | in | ADP | _ | 99 Skin | case |
| 96 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 97 Lion | det |
| 97 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 99 Skin | nmod:poss |
| 98 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 97 Lion | case |
| 99 | Skin | Skin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 94 Ass | nmod |
| 100 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 101 Ass | det |
| 101 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 99 Skin | appos |
| 102 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 104 Fox | punct |
| 103 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 104 Fox | det |
| 104 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | appos |
| 105 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 108 Lion | punct |
| 106 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 108 Lion | cc |
| 107 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 108 Lion | det |
| 108 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Æthiop | conj |
| 109 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 110 Astronomer | det |
| 110 | Astronomer | Astronomer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 108 Lion | flat |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | gerund | the Ass not said here | the Image | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Theme |
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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