Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Life of Aesop, sentence 8

He met at the court of Crœsus with Solon, Thales, and other sages, and is related so to have pleased his royal master by the part he took in the conversations held with these philosophers, that he applied to him an expression which has since passed into a proverb, “μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξ.”

Who acts: Æsop · What happens: meet, be, have, take, hold, apply · To what, where: other sages, court, royal master, part, conversations, expression

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Life of Aesop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Æsop), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 met	nsubj
2	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 court	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 court	det
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 met	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Crœsus	case
7	Crœsus	Crœsus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 court	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Solon	case
9	Solon	Solon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Crœsus	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Thales	punct
11	Thales	Thales	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Crœsus	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sages	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sages	cc
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sages	amod
15	sages	sage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 met	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 related	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 related	cc
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 related	cop
19	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 met	parataxis
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 have	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 have	mark
22	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 related	ccomp
23	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 have	xcomp
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 master	nmod:poss
25	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 master	amod
26	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 have	obj
27	by	by	ADP	_	29 part	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 part	det
29	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 have	obl
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 took	nsubj
31	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 part	acl:relcl
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 conversations	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 conversations	det
34	conversations	conversation	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 took	obl
35	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 conversations	acl
36	with	with	ADP	_	38 philosophers	case
37	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	38 philosophers	det
38	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 held	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 applied	punct
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 applied	mark
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 applied	nsubj
42	applied	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 met	conj
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 him	case
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 applied	obl
45	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 expression	det
46	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 applied	obl
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	50 passed	nsubj:pass
48	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 passed	aux
49	since	since	ADV	_	50 passed	advmod
50	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 expression	acl:relcl
51	into	into	ADP	_	53 proverb	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 proverb	det
53	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 passed	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 μᾶλλον	punct
55	“	"	PUNCT	_	56 μᾶλλον	punct
56	μᾶλλον	μᾶλλον	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 proverb	appos
57	ὁ	ὁ	ADP	_	58 Φρύξ	case
58	Φρύξ	Φρύξ	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 μᾶλλον	nmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 met	punct
60	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 met	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	meet	past	Æsop = æsop	other sages		the court of Crœsus with Solon and Thales		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present					related property	tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive		Æsop's royal master			by the part; pleased property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Patient
4	take	past	Æsop = æsop	the part not said here		the conversations		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in conversation=Location
5	hold	participle		the conversations not said here			with this philosophers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	apply	past	Æsop = æsop	a expression	Thales			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	pass	present · perfect · passive		a expression		a proverb	since property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into proverb=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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