Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 6, sentence 124
On seeing the rapid disappearance of the Frogs, one of the Hares cried out to his companions: “Stay, my friends, do not do as you intended; for you now see that there are creatures who are still more timid than ourselves.”
Who acts: companions, creatures, Frogs · What happens: see, cry out, stay, not do, intend, be · To what, where: rapid disappearance, companions, friends · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (companions, creatures, Frogs), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 seeing | mark |
| 2 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 one | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 disappearance | det |
| 4 | rapid | rapid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 disappearance | amod |
| 5 | disappearance | disappearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seeing | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Frogs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Frogs | det |
| 8 | Frogs | Frog | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 disappearance | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 seeing | punct |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 cried | advcl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Hares | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Hares | det |
| 13 | Hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 cried | obl |
| 14 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 cried | compound:prt |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 companions | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 companions | nmod:poss |
| 18 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 cried | obl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 Stay | punct |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Stay | punct |
| 21 | Stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cried | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 friends | punct |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 friends | nmod:poss |
| 24 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 Stay | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 do | punct |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 28 do | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 do | advmod |
| 28 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 Stay | conj |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 intended | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 intended | nsubj |
| 31 | intended | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 do | advcl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 see | punct |
| 33 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 36 see | mark |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 see | nsubj |
| 35 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 see | advmod |
| 36 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cried | parataxis |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 are | mark |
| 38 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 39 are | expl |
| 39 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 see | ccomp |
| 40 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 are | nsubj |
| 41 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 timid | nsubj |
| 42 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 timid | cop |
| 43 | still | still | ADV | _ | 45 timid | advmod |
| 44 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 45 timid | advmod |
| 45 | timid | timid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 creatures | acl:relcl |
| 46 | than | than | ADP | _ | 47 ourselves | case |
| 47 | ourselves | ourselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 timid | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 see | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | the rapid disappearance of the Frogs | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disappearance=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | cry out speech: express | past | noise's companions | of the Hares | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to companion=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | stay in a quote | infinitive | my friends | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not do in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | intend in a quote | past | noise's companions = companion | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | see in a quote | present | noise's companions = companion | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | does in a quote | present | creatures | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | creatures | still | than ourselves; timid property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | disappear | the Frogs | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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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