Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 7, sentence 125
Mercury presented himself, and striking the Philosopher with his wand, said, “And are you indeed to make yourself a judge of the dealings of Providence, who hast thyself in a similar manner treated these poor Ants?”
Who acts: Mercury, you, dealings, similar manner, Providence · What happens: present, strike, say, be, have, treat · To what, where: Mercury, Philosopher, thyself, similar manner, poor Ants · 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 (Mercury, you, dealings, similar manner), 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 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 presented | nsubj |
| 2 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 presented | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 striking | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 striking | cc |
| 6 | striking | strike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 presented | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Philosopher | det |
| 8 | Philosopher | Philosopher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 striking | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 wand | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 striking | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 presented | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 make | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 make | punct |
| 16 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 make | cc |
| 17 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 make | cop |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 make | nsubj |
| 19 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 21 make | advmod |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 make | mark |
| 21 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | ccomp |
| 22 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 make | obj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 judge | det |
| 24 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 make | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 dealings | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 dealings | det |
| 27 | dealings | dealing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 judge | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Providence | case |
| 29 | Providence | Providence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 dealings | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hast | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 hast | nsubj |
| 32 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 dealings | conj |
| 33 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 32 hast | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 manner | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 manner | det |
| 36 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 manner | amod |
| 37 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hast | obl |
| 38 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 manner | acl |
| 39 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 Ants | det |
| 40 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 Ants | amod |
| 41 | Ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 treated | obj |
| 42 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 make | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 make | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present | past | Mercury | Mercury | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 2 | strike | gerund | Mercury not said here | the Philosopher | with Philosopher's wand | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent philosopher=Patient with wand=Instrument | |||
| 3 | say speech: ask | past | Mercury not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | indeed, make property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | the dealings of Providence | thyself | a similar manner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient | |||
| 6 | treat in a quote | participle | a similar manner not said here | this poor Ants | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ant=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | deal in a quote | Providence | nom dealing «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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