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Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 3, sentence 31

He often lamented his own hard fate and contrasted it with the luxury and idleness of the Lapdog, till at last one day he broke his cords and halter, and galloped into his master’s house, kicking up his heels without measure, and frisking and fawning as well as he could.

Who acts: contrary · What happens: lament, contrast, break, gallop, kick up, frisk · To what, where: own hard fate, fate, cords, house, heels

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (contrary), 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

nsubjadvmodnmod:possamodamodobjccconjobjcasedetoblccconjcasedetnmodpunctmarkcaseamodcompoundoblnsubjconjnmod:possobjccconjpunctccconjcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctadvclcompound:prtnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctccadvclccconjccfixedfixednsubjauxpunctrootHePRONoftenADVlamentedVERBhisPRONownADJhardADJfateNOUNandCCONJcontrastedVERBitPRONwithADPtheDETluxuryNOUNandCCONJidlenessNOUNofADPtheDETLapdogNOUN,PUNCTtillSCONJatADPlastADJoneNOUNdayNOUNhePRONbrokeVERBhisPRONcordsNOUNandCCONJhalterNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJgallopedVERBintoADPhisPRONmasterNOUN’sPARThouseNOUN,PUNCTkickingVERBupADPhisPRONheelsNOUNwithoutADPmeasureNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfriskingVERBandCCONJfawningVERBasADVwellADVasADPhePRONcouldAUX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 lamentednsubj
2oftenoftenADV_3 lamentedadvmod
3lamentedlamentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 fatenmod:poss
5ownownADJDegree=Pos7 fateamod
6hardhardADJDegree=Pos7 fateamod
7fatefateNOUNNumber=Sing3 lamentedobj
8andandCCONJ_9 contrastedcc
9contrastedcontrastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 lamentedconj
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 contrastedobj
11withwithADP_13 luxurycase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 luxurydet
13luxuryluxuryNOUNNumber=Sing9 contrastedobl
14andandCCONJ_15 idlenesscc
15idlenessidlenessNOUNNumber=Sing13 luxuryconj
16ofofADP_18 Lapdogcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Lapdogdet
18LapdoglapdogNOUNNumber=Sing15 idlenessnmod
19,,PUNCT_26 brokepunct
20tilltillSCONJ_26 brokemark
21atatADP_24 daycase
22lastlastADJDegree=Pos24 dayamod
23oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing24 daycompound
24daydayNOUNNumber=Sing26 brokeobl
25hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 brokensubj
26brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 contrastedconj
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 cordsnmod:poss
28cordscordNOUNNumber=Plur26 brokeobj
29andandCCONJ_30 haltercc
30halterhalterNOUNNumber=Sing28 cordsconj
31,,PUNCT_33 gallopedpunct
32andandCCONJ_33 gallopedcc
33gallopedgallopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 lamentedconj
34intointoADP_38 housecase
35hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 masternmod:poss
36mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing38 housenmod:poss
37’s'sPART_36 mastercase
38househouseNOUNNumber=Sing33 gallopedobl
39,,PUNCT_40 kickingpunct
40kickingkickVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part33 gallopedadvcl
41upupADP_40 kickingcompound:prt
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 heelsnmod:poss
43heelsheelNOUNNumber=Plur40 kickingobj
44withoutwithoutADP_45 measurecase
45measuremeasureNOUNNumber=Sing40 kickingobl
46,,PUNCT_48 friskingpunct
47andandCCONJ_48 friskingcc
48friskingfriskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 lamentedadvcl
49andandCCONJ_50 fawningcc
50fawningfawnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part48 friskingconj
51asasADVExtPos=CCONJ55 couldcc
52wellwellADVDegree=Pos51 asfixed
53asasADP_51 asfixed
54hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs55 couldnsubj
55couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin50 fawningaux
56..PUNCT_3 lamentedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lamentpastcontrarycontrary's own hard fateoften propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus
2contrastpastcontrary not said herefatewith the luxury and idleness of the Lapdogvn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with luxury=Co-Patient
3breakpastcontrarycontrary's cords and halterdayvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cord=Patient
4galloppastcontrary not said herecontrary's master's housevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination
5kick upgerundcontrary not said herecontrary's heelswithout measurevn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent heel=Patient
6friskgerundcontrary not said herevn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent
7fawncouldcontrary not said herevn calve-28.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8fatecontrarynom fate «event 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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