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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 105

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Francis Vavassor,\[15\] a learned French jesuit, entered at greater length on this subject, and produced further proofs from internal evidence, from the use of the word Piræus in describing the harbour of Athens, a name which was not given till two hundred years after Æsop, and from the introduction of other modern words, that many of these fables must have been at least committed to writing posterior to the time of Æsop, and more boldly suggests Babrias as their author or collector.

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**Who acts:** word, writing posterior · **What happens:** learn, enter, produce, describe, not give, commit · **To what, where:** learned French jesuit, greater length, further proofs, internal evidence, harbour, name

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Literally Translated From the Greek. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (word, writing posterior), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg21:1:105
# text = Francis Vavassor,[15] a learned French jesuit, entered at greater length on this subject, and produced further proofs from internal evidence, from the use of the word Piræus in describing the harbour of Athens, a name which was not given till two hundred years after Æsop, and from the introduction of other modern words, that many of these fables must have been at least committed to writing posterior to the time of Æsop, and more boldly suggests Babrias as their author or collector.
1	Francis	Francis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	Vavassor	Vavassor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	jesuit	jesuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
22	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	proofs	proof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	internal	internal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	Piræus	Piræus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
35	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	acl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	47	advmod	_	_
47	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	till	till	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	compound	_	_
50	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	_
51	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
52	after	after	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
56	from	from	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
61	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
64	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	74	mark	_	_
65	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	nsubj:pass	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	68	det	_	_
68	fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	_
69	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
70	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	74	aux	_	_
71	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	74	aux:pass	_	_
72	at	at	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	74	obl	_	_
74	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
75	to	to	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	_
77	posterior	posterior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	_
78	to	to	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
84	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	87	cc	_	_
85	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	86	advmod	_	_
86	boldly	boldly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	87	advmod	_	_
87	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	77	acl:relcl	_	_
88	Babrias	Babrias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	87	obj	_	_
89	as	as	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
90	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	91	nmod:poss	_	_
91	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	obl	_	_
92	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	93	cc	_	_
93	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **enter** | participle |  | a learned French jesuit *not said here* |  | greater length on this subject |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **produce** | past |  | further proofs |  | internal evidence |  | from the use of the word | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent proof=Result from evidence=Material |
| 4 | **describe** | gerund | the word *not said here* | the harbour of Athens |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent harbour=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **give** | past · passive |  | a name |  |  | after Æsop; year |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **commit** | must · perfect · passive |  | many of this fables |  | the introduction of other modern words |  | at least; to writing posterior to the time of Æsop | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to posterior=Destination |
| 7 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | writing posterior to the time of Æsop *not said here* | Babrias |  |  |  | as words's author or collector; boldly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent babrias=Topic |
| 8 | **use** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **introduce** |  |  | other modern words |  |  |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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