Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 4, sentence 30

A Fox, envying him the honour, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it.

Who acts: Fox, meat, beast · What happens: envy, discover, lie, lead, say, find · To what, where: Monkey, piece, trap, place, store, hold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fox, meat, beast), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Fox	det
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 envying	punct
4	envying	envy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Fox	acl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 envying	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 honour	det
7	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 envying	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Fox	punct
9	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 piece	det
11	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 meat	case
13	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 piece	nmod
14	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 meat	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 trap	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 trap	det
17	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lying	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 leading	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 leading	cc
20	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 discovered	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Monkey	det
22	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leading	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 place	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 place	det
25	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leading	obl
26	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	28 was	advmod
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 was	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 place	acl:relcl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 said	punct
30	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 discovered	parataxis
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 found	mark
32	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 found	nsubj
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 found	aux
34	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	30 said	ccomp
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 store	det
36	store	store	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 found	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 used	punct
38	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 used	cc
39	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 used	aux
40	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 used	advmod
41	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 said	conj
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 used	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 kept	punct
44	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kept	nsubj
45	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 kept	aux
46	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 used	conj
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kept	obj
48	for	for	ADP	_	49 him	case
49	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kept	obl
50	as	as	ADP	_	52 trove	case
51	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 trove	compound
52	trove	trove	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 kept	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 kingdom	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 kingdom	nmod:poss
55	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 trove	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 counseled	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 counseled	cc
58	counseled	counsel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 discovered	parataxis
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 counseled	obj
60	to	to	PART	_	61 lay	mark
61	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 counseled	advcl
62	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 lay	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 it	case
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 hold	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 discovered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	envy	gerund	a Fox not said here	Monkey				tree rules
2	discover	past	a Fox	a piece of meat				vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic
3	lie	gerund	meat not said here			a trap		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in trap=Location
4	lead	gerund	a Fox not said here	the Monkey		the place		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme to place=Destination
5	say speech: assert	past						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	find	past · perfect	beast	a store				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Topic
7	not use	past · perfect		store				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	keep	past · perfect	beast	store			for Monkey; as treasure trove of Monkey's kingdom	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
9	counsel speech: other	past			Monkey			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
10	lay	to-infinitive		hold of piece				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result
11	hold			piece				nom hold «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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