Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 5, sentence 64

A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.

Who acts: LION, waves, one, king · What happens: roam, see, suggest, contract, say, be · To what, where: Dolphin lift, waves, alliance, best friends, sovereign ruler · 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, waves, one, king), 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 LION	det
2	LION	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	nsubj
3	roaming	roam	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 LION	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 seashore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seashore	det
6	seashore	seashore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roaming	obl
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lift	det
9	Dolphin	Dolphin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lift	compound
10	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lift	nmod
14	out	out	ADP	_	17 waves	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 waves	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 waves	det
17	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 saw	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 suggested	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 suggested	cc
20	suggested	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 saw	parataxis
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 contract	mark
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 contract	nsubj
23	contract	contract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 suggested	ccomp
24	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 alliance	det
25	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 contract	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 saying	punct
27	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 contract	advcl
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 ought	mark
29	of	of	ADP	_	28 that	fixed
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	32 animals	det:predet
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 animals	det
32	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 ought	nsubj
33	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 ought	nsubj
34	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 saying	ccomp
35	to	to	PART	_	39 friends	mark
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	39 friends	cop
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 friends	det
38	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	39 friends	amod
39	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 ought	xcomp
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 king	punct
41	since	since	ADP	_	46 king	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 one	det
43	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 king	nsubj
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 king	cop
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 king	det
46	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 ruler	nsubj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 beasts	case
48	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 king	nmod
49	on	on	ADP	_	51 earth	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 earth	det
51	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 beasts	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 other	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 other	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 other	det
55	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 king	parataxis
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 ruler	cop
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 ruler	det
58	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 ruler	compound
59	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 friends	acl:relcl
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 inhabitants	case
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 inhabitants	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 inhabitants	det
63	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 ruler	nmod
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 ocean	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 ocean	det
66	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 inhabitants	nmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roam	gerund	a LION not said here				by the seashore	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by seashore=Trajectory
2	see	past	a LION	a Dolphin lift	the waves		up lift's head	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lift=Stimulus
3	suggest speech: suggest	past						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	contract	present	waves = wave	a alliance				vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent alliance=Patient
5	say speech: assert	gerund	waves = wave not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is a	to-infinitive	waves = wave not said here	the best friends				tree rules
7	is	past	the one			since the king	of beasts on the earth	tree rules
8	is a	past	the king	the sovereign ruler			of all inhabitants of the ocean	tree rules

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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