Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 74
The Salt Merchant and his Ass The Seagull and the Kite The Seaside Travelers The Seller of Images The Serpent and the Eagle The She-Goats and their Beards The Shepherd and the Dog The Shepherd and the Sea The Shepherd and the Sheep The Shepherd and the Wolf The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea The Sick Kite The Sick Lion The Sick Stag The Sparrow and the Hare The Spendthrift and the Swallow The Stag at the Pool The Stag in the Ox-Stall The Stag, the Wolf, and the Sheep The Swallow and the Crow The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice The Swan and the Goose The Swollen Fox
Who acts: Image, Court · What happens: goat, shipwreck, fox
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 (Image, Court), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Merchant | det |
| 2 | Salt | Salt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Merchant | compound |
| 3 | Merchant | Merchant | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Seagull | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 Ass | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Seagull | nsubj |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Seagull | det |
| 8 | Seagull | Seagull | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Merchant | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Kite | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Kite | det |
| 11 | Kite | Kite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Merchant | conj |
| 12 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Travelers | det |
| 13 | Seaside | Seaside | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Travelers | compound |
| 14 | Travelers | Traveler | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Merchant | conj |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Seller | det |
| 16 | Seller | Seller | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Travelers | compound |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Images | case |
| 18 | Images | Image | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 Seller | nmod |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Serpent | det |
| 20 | Serpent | Serpent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Merchant | conj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Eagle | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Eagle | det |
| 23 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Merchant | conj |
| 24 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Goats | det |
| 25 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 Goats | nsubj |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 Goats | punct |
| 27 | Goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Merchant | nmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 Beards | cc |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 Beards | nmod:poss |
| 30 | Beards | beard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 Goats | conj |
| 31 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Shepherd | det |
| 32 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Goats | appos |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 Dog | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Dog | det |
| 35 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Shepherd | conj |
| 36 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Shepherd | det |
| 37 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Shepherd | conj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 Sea | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Sea | det |
| 40 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Shepherd | conj |
| 41 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Shepherd | det |
| 42 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Shepherd | appos |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 Sheep | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Sheep | det |
| 45 | Sheep | Sheep | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Shepherd | conj |
| 46 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Shepherd | det |
| 47 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Shepherd | conj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 Wolf | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Wolf | det |
| 50 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Shepherd | conj |
| 51 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Shepherd | det |
| 52 | Shepherd | Shepherd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Boy | nmod:poss |
| 53 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 52 Shepherd | case |
| 54 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Shepherd | nmod |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 Wolf | cc |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Wolf | det |
| 57 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Boy | conj |
| 58 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 Man | det |
| 59 | Shipwrecked | shipwreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 Man | amod |
| 60 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Shepherd | appos |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 Sea | cc |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Sea | det |
| 63 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Man | conj |
| 64 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 Kite | det |
| 65 | Sick | Sick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Kite | compound |
| 66 | Kite | Kite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Man | nmod |
| 67 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 Lion | det |
| 68 | Sick | Sick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Lion | compound |
| 69 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Kite | nmod |
| 70 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 Stag | det |
| 71 | Sick | Sick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Stag | compound |
| 72 | Stag | Stag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Lion | conj |
| 73 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 Sparrow | det |
| 74 | Sparrow | Sparrow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Stag | appos |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 Hare | cc |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 Hare | det |
| 77 | Hare | Hare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Lion | conj |
| 78 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 Spendthrift | det |
| 79 | Spendthrift | spendthrift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 Man | conj |
| 80 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 82 Swallow | cc |
| 81 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 82 Swallow | det |
| 82 | Swallow | Swallow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Spendthrift | conj |
| 83 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 Stag | det |
| 84 | Stag | Stag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 Swallow | appos |
| 85 | at | at | ADP | _ | 87 Pool | case |
| 86 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 87 Pool | det |
| 87 | Pool | Pool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 Swallow | nmod |
| 88 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 89 Stag | det |
| 89 | Stag | Stag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 87 Pool | appos |
| 90 | in | in | ADP | _ | 94 Stall | case |
| 91 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 94 Stall | det |
| 92 | Ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 94 Stall | compound |
| 93 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 92 Ox | punct |
| 94 | Stall | Stall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Spendthrift | nmod |
| 95 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 96 Stag | det |
| 96 | Stag | Stag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 94 Stall | flat |
| 97 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 99 Wolf | punct |
| 98 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 99 Wolf | det |
| 99 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 94 Stall | conj |
| 100 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 103 Sheep | punct |
| 101 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 103 Sheep | cc |
| 102 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 103 Sheep | det |
| 103 | Sheep | Sheep | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Spendthrift | appos |
| 104 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 105 Swallow | det |
| 105 | Swallow | Swallow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 103 Sheep | conj |
| 106 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 108 Crow | cc |
| 107 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 108 Crow | det |
| 108 | Crow | Crow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 103 Sheep | conj |
| 109 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 110 Swallow | det |
| 110 | Swallow | Swallow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 108 Crow | appos |
| 111 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 113 Serpent | punct |
| 112 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 113 Serpent | det |
| 113 | Serpent | Serpent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 103 Sheep | conj |
| 114 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 127 Fox | punct |
| 115 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 127 Fox | cc |
| 116 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 117 Court | det |
| 117 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 127 Fox | nsubj |
| 118 | of | of | ADP | _ | 119 Justice | case |
| 119 | Justice | Justice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 117 Court | nmod |
| 120 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 121 Swan | det |
| 121 | Swan | Swan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 119 Justice | conj |
| 122 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 124 Goose | cc |
| 123 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 124 Goose | det |
| 124 | Goose | Goose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 121 Swan | conj |
| 125 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 127 Fox | det |
| 126 | Swollen | swollen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 127 Fox | amod |
| 127 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 103 Sheep | conj |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | goat | Image | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | shipwreck | participle | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | fox | the Court of Justice and the Swan and the Goose | tree rules |
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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