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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

nsubjobjpunctccadvcldetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctconjpunctpunctcccopnsubjadvmodmarkccompobjdetobjcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctnsubjconjobjcasedetamodoblacldetamodobjpunctpunctrootMercuryPROPNpresentedVERBhimselfPRON,PUNCTandCCONJstrikingVERBtheDETPhilosopherPROPNwithADPhisPRONwandNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTAndCCONJareAUXyouPRONindeedADVtoPARTmakeVERByourselfPRONaDETjudgeNOUNofADPtheDETdealingsNOUNofADPProvidencePROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhastVERBthyselfPRONinADPaDETsimilarADJmannerNOUNtreatedVERBtheseDETpoorADJAntsNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MercuryMercuryPROPNNumber=Sing2 presentednsubj
2presentedpresentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes2 presentedobj
4,,PUNCT_6 strikingpunct
5andandCCONJ_6 strikingcc
6strikingstrikeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 presentedadvcl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Philosopherdet
8PhilosopherPhilosopherPROPNNumber=Sing6 strikingobj
9withwithADP_11 wandcase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 wandnmod:poss
11wandwandNOUNNumber=Sing6 strikingobl
12,,PUNCT_13 saidpunct
13saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 presentedconj
14,,PUNCT_21 makepunct
15“"PUNCT_21 makepunct
16AndandCCONJ_21 makecc
17arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 makecop
18youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs21 makensubj
19indeedindeedADV_21 makeadvmod
20totoPART_21 makemark
21makemakeVERBMood=Sub Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 saidccomp
22yourselfyourselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes21 makeobj
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 judgedet
24judgejudgeNOUNNumber=Sing21 makeobj
25ofofADP_27 dealingscase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 dealingsdet
27dealingsdealingNOUNNumber=Plur24 judgenmod
28ofofADP_29 Providencecase
29ProvidenceProvidencePROPNNumber=Sing27 dealingsnmod
30,,PUNCT_32 hastpunct
31whowhoPRONPronType=Rel32 hastnsubj
32hasthaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 dealingsconj
33thyselfthyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch32 hastobj
34ininADP_37 mannercase
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 mannerdet
36similarsimilarADJDegree=Pos37 manneramod
37mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing32 hastobl
38treatedtreatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 manneracl
39thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem41 Antsdet
40poorpoorADJDegree=Pos41 Antsamod
41AntsantNOUNNumber=Plur38 treatedobj
42??PUNCT_21 makepunct
43”"PUNCT_21 makepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1presentpastMercuryMercuryvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
2strikegerundMercury not said herethe Philosopherwith Philosopher's wandvn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent philosopher=Patient with wand=Instrument
3say speech: askpastMercury not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4is in a quotepresentyouindeed, make propertytree rules
5have in a quotepresentthe dealings of Providencethyselfa similar mannervn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient
6treat in a quoteparticiplea similar manner not said herethis poor Antsvn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ant=Recipient
7deal in a quoteProvidencenom 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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