Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 1, sentence 110

Terrified at the sight, he lifted his eyes and his hands to heaven, and said: “Just now I vowed to offer a lamb to the Guardian Deities of the forest if I could only find out who had robbed me; but now that I have discovered the thief, I would willingly add a full-grown Bull to the Calf I have lost, if I may only secure my own escape from him in safety.”

Who acts: calf, I, my · What happens: lift, say, vow, offer, find out, rob · To what, where: eyes, heaven, lamb, Guardian Deities, me, thief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (calf, I, my), 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	Terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 add	advcl
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 sight	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sight	det
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Terrified	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lifted	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lifted	nsubj
7	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Terrified	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eyes	nmod:poss
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lifted	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hands	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hands	nmod:poss
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eyes	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 heaven	case
14	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lifted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lifted	parataxis
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 vowed	punct
19	“	"	PUNCT	_	23 vowed	punct
20	Just	just	ADV	_	21 now	advmod
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 vowed	advmod
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 vowed	nsubj
23	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 said	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 offer	mark
25	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 vowed	xcomp
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 lamb	det
27	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 offer	obj
28	to	to	ADP	_	31 Deities	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Deities	det
30	Guardian	guardian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 Deities	amod
31	Deities	deity	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 offer	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 forest	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 forest	det
34	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 Deities	nmod
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	39 find	mark
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 find	nsubj
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 find	aux
38	only	only	ADV	_	39 find	advmod
39	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 offer	advcl
40	out	out	ADP	_	39 find	compound:prt
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 robbed	nsubj:pass
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 robbed	aux
43	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 find	ccomp
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 robbed	obj
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 discovered	punct
46	but	but	CCONJ	_	51 discovered	cc
47	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	51 discovered	advmod
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 discovered	mark
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 discovered	nsubj
50	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 discovered	aux
51	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Terrified	parataxis
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 thief	det
53	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 discovered	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Terrified	punct
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 add	nsubj
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 add	aux
57	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	58 add	advmod
58	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
59	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 Bull	det
60	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 grown	amod
61	-	-	PUNCT	_	60 full	punct
62	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	63 Bull	amod
63	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 add	obj
64	to	to	ADP	_	66 Calf	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 Calf	det
66	Calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 add	obl
67	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	69 lost	nsubj
68	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 lost	aux
69	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	66 Calf	acl:relcl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 secure	punct
71	if	if	SCONJ	_	75 secure	mark
72	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	75 secure	nsubj
73	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	75 secure	aux
74	only	only	ADV	_	75 secure	advmod
75	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 add	conj
76	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 escape	nmod:poss
77	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 escape	amod
78	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 secure	obj
79	from	from	ADP	_	80 him	case
80	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 secure	obl
81	in	in	ADP	_	82 safety	case
82	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 secure	obl
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	58 add	punct
84	”	"	PUNCT	_	58 add	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	calf	calf's eyes and calf's hands	heaven			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to heaven=Destination
2	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	vow in a quote	past	I			now		tree rules
4	offer not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	a lamb			to the Guardian Deities of the forest goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme to deity=Goal
5	find out a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	could	I					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	rob in a quote	past · perfect · passive		me				tree rules
7	discover in a quote	present · perfect	I	the thief		now		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Topic
8	add speech: assert in a quote	would	I	a grown Bull			to the Calf; willingly property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bull=Patient to calf=Co-Patient
9	grow in a quote	participle						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	lose in a quote	present · perfect	I	the Calf not said here				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Eventuality
11	secure a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	may	I	my own escape	safety		from calf	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent escape=Theme from he=Source
12	escape in a quote		my					nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=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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