Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 6, sentence 75

When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a figure of himself, saying to the Sculptor, “You will certainly want much more for this, as it is the statue of the Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain.”

Who acts: Shadow, Sculptor, sum · What happens: value, name, point, say, want, be · To what, where: Mercury, sum, figure, Sculptor, more, Shadow · 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 (Shadow, Sculptor, sum), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	10 named	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 named	nsubj:pass
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 valued	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 valued	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 valued	aux:pass
8	valued	value	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl:relcl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 named	aux:pass
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 pointed	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 named	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pointed	nsubj
13	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 figure	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 figure	det
16	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pointed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 himself	case
18	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 figure	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 saying	punct
20	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 pointed	advcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 Sculptor	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Sculptor	det
23	Sculptor	Sculptor	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 saying	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 want	punct
25	“	"	PUNCT	_	29 want	punct
26	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 want	nsubj
27	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 want	aux
28	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	29 want	advmod
29	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 saying	ccomp
30	much	much	ADV	_	31 more	advmod
31	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	29 want	obj
32	for	for	ADP	_	33 this	case
33	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 more	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 statue	punct
35	as	as	ADP	_	39 statue	case
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 statue	nsubj
37	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 statue	cop
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 statue	det
39	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 want	parataxis
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 Messenger	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Messenger	det
42	Messenger	Messenger	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 statue	nmod
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 Gods	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Gods	det
45	Gods	God	PROPN	Number=Plur	42 Messenger	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 author	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 author	cc
48	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 statue	conj
49	of	of	ADP	_	52 gain	case
50	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	52 gain	det:predet
51	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 gain	nmod:poss
52	gain	gain	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 author	nmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 want	punct
54	”	"	PUNCT	_	29 want	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	value	past · passive		Mercury		the sum		vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at which=Value
2	name	past · passive		the sum				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	point	past	Shadow		a figure of Shadow			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to figure=Recipient
4	say speech: assert	gerund	Shadow not said here		the Sculptor			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sculptor=Recipient clause=Topic
5	want in a quote	future	the Sculptor = sculptor	more			certainly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme
6	is in a quote	present	sum				as the statue and author of your gain; of the Messenger of the Gods	tree rules
7	figure			Shadow				nom figure «communication 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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