Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 1, sentence 7
“You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.”
Who acts: You, idea, repayment, your · What happens: ridicule, be, help, not expect, receive, know · To what, where: idea, you, repayment, benefits, favour · 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 (You, idea, repayment, your), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ridiculed | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 ridiculed | nsubj |
| 3 | ridiculed | ridicule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ridiculed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 able | mark |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 able | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 able | advmod |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 able | cop |
| 10 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 idea | acl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 help | mark |
| 12 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 able | xcomp |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 help | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 expecting | punct |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 expecting | advmod |
| 16 | expecting | expect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 help | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 receive | mark |
| 18 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 expecting | xcomp |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 me | case |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 receive | obl |
| 21 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 repayment | det |
| 22 | repayment | repayment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 receive | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 favour | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 favour | nmod:poss |
| 25 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 repayment | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 know | punct |
| 27 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 know | advmod |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 know | nsubj |
| 29 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ridiculed | parataxis |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 possible | mark |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 possible | nsubj |
| 32 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 possible | cop |
| 33 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 know | ccomp |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 Mouse | case |
| 35 | even | even | ADV | _ | 37 Mouse | advmod |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 Mouse | det |
| 37 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 know | obl |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 confer | mark |
| 39 | confer | confer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 know | ccomp |
| 40 | benefits | benefit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 confer | obj |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 Lion | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 Lion | det |
| 43 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 confer | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ridiculed | punct |
| 45 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ridiculed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ridicule in a quote | past | You | the idea | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | gerund | the idea not said here | ever | able property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | help in a quote | to-infinitive | the idea not said here | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | not expect in a quote | gerund | the idea not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | receive not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | the idea not said here | any repayment of your favour | from the Mouse = mouse | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent repayment=Theme from i=Source | |||
| 6 | know in a quote | present | you | now | for a Mouse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | repayment | possible property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | confer in a quote | to-infinitive | benefits | on a Lion | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | repay in a quote | your favour | nom repayment «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | favour in a quote | your | nom favour «feeling transitive»: 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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