--- title: The Parable is the designed use of language purposely intended to co… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The Parable is the designed use of language purposely intended to convey a hidden and secret meaning other than that contained in the words themselves; and which may or may not bear a special reference to the hearer, or reader. Who acts: Parable. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Parable), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg21:1:10 # text = The Parable is the designed use of language purposely intended to convey a hidden and secret meaning other than that contained in the words themselves; and which may or may not bear a special reference to the hearer, or reader. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Parable Parable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 purposely purposely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ _ 21 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 bear bear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hearer hearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **design** | participle | | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Parable | the designed use | | | | of language | tree rules | | 3 | **intend** | participle | the Parable *not said here* | | | | | purposely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **convey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Parable *not said here* | a hidden | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hidden=Topic | | 5 | **mean** | gerund | the Parable *not said here* | | | | | other *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **contain** *not said to happen* | participle | the Parable *not said here* | words *= word* | | the words | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in word=Location | | 7 | **not** **bear** | may | | the designed use | | | | to the hearer | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary reference=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. - ← previous: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/11/) - ↑ back to [Literally Translated From the Greek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/)