Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 4, sentence 39
THE MEMBERS of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, “Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering to your wants, while you do nothing but take your rest, and enjoy yourself in luxury and self-indulgence?”
Who acts: MEMBERS, your · What happens: rebel, say, engage, administer, take, enjoy · To what, where: we, wants, rest, yourself, luxury · 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 (MEMBERS, 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 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 MEMBERS | det |
| 2 | MEMBERS | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rebelled | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Body | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Body | det |
| 5 | Body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 MEMBERS | nmod |
| 6 | rebelled | rebel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 Belly | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Belly | det |
| 9 | Belly | Belly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 rebelled | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 rebelled | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 engaged | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 engaged | punct |
| 15 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 engaged | advmod |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 engaged | aux |
| 17 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 engaged | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 engaged | aux:pass |
| 19 | perpetually | perpetually | ADV | _ | 20 engaged | advmod |
| 20 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 take | advcl |
| 21 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 22 administering | mark |
| 22 | administering | administer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 engaged | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 wants | case |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 wants | nmod:poss |
| 25 | wants | want | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 administering | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 do | punct |
| 27 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 29 do | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 do | nsubj |
| 29 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 take | aux |
| 30 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 29 do | obj |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 take | cc |
| 32 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 rest | nmod:poss |
| 34 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 take | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 enjoy | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 enjoy | cc |
| 37 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 take | conj |
| 38 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 37 enjoy | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 luxury | case |
| 40 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 enjoy | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 indulgence | cc |
| 42 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 indulgence | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 self | punct |
| 44 | indulgence | indulgence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 luxury | conj |
| 45 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 32 take | punct |
| 46 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rebel | past | the MEMBERS of the Body | against the Belly | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against belly=Maleficiary | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | the MEMBERS of the Body not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | engage in a quote | should · passive | we | perpetually property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | administer in a quote | gerund | your wants | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to want=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | take in a quote | present · do-support | your rest | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | |||||
| 6 | enjoy in a quote | infinitive | yourself | luxury and self indulgence | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | want in a quote | your | nom want «state 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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