Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 1, sentence 33

He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”

Who acts: Grasshopper, you · What happens: address, be, unite, assist, uninjur, divide · To what, where: Father, words, each, faggot, you, enemies

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 (Grasshopper, you), 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	3 addressed	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 addressed	advmod
3	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 addressed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 addressed	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 sons	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	11 sons	punct
10	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sons	nmod:poss
11	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 addressed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mind	punct
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 mind	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 mind	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 mind	cop
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 mind	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 mind	nummod
18	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sons	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 unite	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 unite	cc
21	unite	unite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 addressed	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 assist	mark
23	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 unite	xcomp
24	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	23 assist	obj
25	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 each	fixed
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 faggot	punct
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 faggot	nsubj
28	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 faggot	aux
29	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 faggot	cop
30	as	as	ADP	_	32 faggot	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 faggot	det
32	faggot	faggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 unite	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 uninjured	punct
34	uninjured	uninjur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 faggot	acl
35	by	by	ADP	_	38 attempts	case
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 attempts	det:predet
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 attempts	det
38	attempts	attempt	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 uninjured	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 enemies	case
40	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 enemies	nmod:poss
41	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 attempts	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 broken	punct
43	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 broken	cc
44	if	if	SCONJ	_	47 divided	mark
45	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	47 divided	nsubj
46	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 divided	aux:pass
47	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 broken	advcl
48	among	among	ADP	_	49 yourselves	case
49	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	47 divided	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 divided	punct
51	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	54 broken	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	54 broken	aux
53	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	54 broken	aux:pass
54	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 addressed	conj
55	as	as	ADV	_	56 easily	advmod
56	easily	easily	ADV	_	54 broken	advmod
57	as	as	ADP	_	59 sticks	case
58	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	59 sticks	det
59	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 broken	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 addressed	punct
61	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 addressed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	past	Grasshopper	Father	this words	then	My sons obl	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you				of one mind	tree rules
3	unite in a quote	infinitive	Grasshopper not said here					tree rules
4	assist in a quote	to-infinitive	Grasshopper not said here	each				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary
5	is in a quote	future	you				as this faggot	tree rules
6	uninjur in a quote	participle		this faggot not said here			by all attempts of your enemies	tree rules
7	divide a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · passive		you			among yourselves	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
8	break in a quote	future · passive		you			as this sticks; easily property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
9	attempt in a quote			your enemies				nom attempt «act transitive»: of=patient

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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