Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 7, sentence 107

Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said, appeared to him and waking him from his slumber thus addressed him: “Good Sir, pray wake up: for if you fall into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves.”

Who acts: spectacle, you, I, men, own folly · What happens: be, fall, say, appear, wake, address · To what, where: water, spectacle, slumber, Good Sir, blame, well · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spectacle, you, I, men), 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	Just	just	ADV	_	5 about	advmod
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 about	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 about	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	cop
5	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fall	mark
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 about	xcomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Dame	punct
12	Dame	Dame	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 water	appos
13	Fortune	Fortune	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Dame	flat
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 said	aux:pass
17	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 about	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 appeared	punct
19	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 about	parataxis
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 appeared	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 addressed	cc
23	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 addressed	advcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 waking	obj
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 slumber	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 slumber	nmod:poss
27	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 waking	obl
28	thus	thus	ADV	_	29 addressed	advmod
29	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 appeared	conj
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 addressed	obj
31	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 Sir	punct
32	“	"	PUNCT	_	34 Sir	punct
33	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 Sir	amod
34	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 pray	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 pray	punct
36	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 addressed	conj
37	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 pray	ccomp
38	up	up	ADP	_	37 wake	compound:prt
39	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 fall	punct
40	for	for	SCONJ	_	43 fall	mark
41	if	if	SCONJ	_	43 fall	mark
42	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	43 fall	nsubj
43	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 wake	conj
44	into	into	ADP	_	46 well	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 well	det
46	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 thrown	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 well	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 blame	det
49	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 thrown	nsubj:pass
50	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 thrown	aux
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	52 thrown	aux:pass
52	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 fall	conj
53	on	on	ADP	_	54 me	case
54	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 thrown	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 get	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 get	cc
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	59 get	nsubj
58	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 get	aux
59	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 thrown	conj
60	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 name	det
61	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 name	amod
62	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 get	obj
63	among	among	ADP	_	64 mortals	case
64	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 get	obl
65	;	;	PUNCT	_	68 find	punct
66	for	for	SCONJ	_	68 find	mark
67	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 find	nsubj
68	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 thrown	parataxis
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 sure	mark
70	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 sure	nsubj
71	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 sure	cop
72	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 find	ccomp
73	to	to	PART	_	74 impute	mark
74	impute	impute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 sure	xcomp
75	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 calamities	nmod:poss
76	calamities	calamity	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 impute	obj
77	to	to	ADP	_	78 me	case
78	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	74 impute	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 brought	punct
80	however	however	ADV	_	81 much	advmod
81	much	much	ADV	_	89 brought	advmod
82	by	by	ADP	_	85 folly	case
83	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 folly	nmod:poss
84	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 folly	amod
85	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 brought	obl
86	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 brought	nsubj:pass
87	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 brought	aux
88	really	really	ADV	_	89 brought	advmod
89	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 find	conj
90	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 brought	obj
91	on	on	ADP	_	92 themselves	case
92	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	89 brought	obl
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	68 find	punct
94	”	"	PUNCT	_	37 wake	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	spectacle				about property	tree rules
2	fall	to-infinitive	spectacle not said here				into the water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
3	say speech: assert	present · passive		water				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
4	appear	past			spectacle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	wake	gerund		spectacle		spectacle's slumber		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	address	past			spectacle		thus property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination
7	pray in a quote	present		Good Sir				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
8	wake up in a quote	present						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	fall a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	throw in a quote	future · passive		the blame			into the well result; on me	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into well=Result
11	get in a quote	shall	I	a ill name			among mortals	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
12	find in a quote	present	I					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
13	is in a quote	present	men				sure property	tree rules
14	impute in a quote	to-infinitive	men not said here	mortals's calamities	me			tree rules
15	bring in a quote	present · perfect · passive	calamities's own folly	calamities = calamity			on calamities = calamity	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination they=Theme
16	slumber		spectacle					nom slumber «state intransitive»: 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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