Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 5, sentence 61
“I will take the first share,” he said, “because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can.”
Who acts: Lion, third share, you · What happens: take, say, be, believe, resign, set off · To what, where: first share, King, Lion, source, share · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lion, third share, 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 share | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 share | amod |
| 7 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 King | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 King | punct |
| 14 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 King | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 King | nsubj |
| 16 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 King | cop |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 share | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 share | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 share | det |
| 21 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 22 share | amod |
| 22 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 partner | punct |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 partner | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 partner | det |
| 26 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 share | nmod |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 you | case |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 partner | nmod |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 chase | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 chase | det |
| 31 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 partner | nmod |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 source | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 source | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 share | det |
| 35 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 36 share | amod |
| 36 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 source | nsubj |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 38 believe | punct |
| 38 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 36 share | parataxis |
| 39 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 believe | iobj |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 38 believe | punct |
| 41 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 source | aux |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 source | cop |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 source | det |
| 44 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 evil | case |
| 46 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 evil | amod |
| 47 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 source | nmod |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 you | case |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 evil | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 resign | punct |
| 51 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 54 resign | mark |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 54 resign | nsubj |
| 53 | willingly | willingly | ADV | _ | 54 resign | advmod |
| 54 | resign | resign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 resign | obj |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 me | case |
| 57 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 resign | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 set | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 set | cc |
| 60 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 61 | off | off | ADP | _ | 60 set | compound:prt |
| 62 | as | as | ADV | _ | 63 fast | advmod |
| 63 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 60 set | advmod |
| 64 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 66 can | mark |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 66 can | nsubj |
| 66 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 fast | advcl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | future | Lion | the first share | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Lion | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Lion | King | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | believe in a quote | infinitive | Lion | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | future | the third share | a source | of great evil to you | tree rules | |||
| 6 | resign a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | share | Lion | willingly property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Recipient | ||
| 7 | set off in a quote | past | Lion not said here | fast property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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