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title: It will contain, like the Tale, a short but real narrative; it will… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics
description: It will contain, like the Tale, a short but real narrative; it will seek, like the Parable, to convey a hidden meaning, and that not so much by the use of language, as by the skilful introduction of fictitious characters; and yet, unlike to either Tale or Parable, it will ever keep in view, as its h
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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 12

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It will contain, like the Tale, a short but real narrative; it will seek, like the Parable, to convey a hidden meaning, and that not so much by the use of language, as by the skilful introduction of fictitious characters; and yet, unlike to either Tale or Parable, it will ever keep in view, as its high prerogative, and inseparable attribute, the great purpose of instruction, and will necessarily seek to inculcate some moral maxim, social duty, or political truth.

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**Who acts:** Parable, meaning, instruction · **What happens:** contain, seek, convey, keep, inculcate, use · **To what, where:** Tale, Parable, hidden meaning, view, moral maxim, language

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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 (Parable, meaning, instruction), 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:pg21:1:12
# text = It will contain, like the Tale, a short but real narrative; it will seek, like the Parable, to convey a hidden meaning, and that not so much by the use of language, as by the skilful introduction of fictitious characters; and yet, unlike to either Tale or Parable, it will ever keep in view, as its high prerogative, and inseparable attribute, the great purpose of instruction, and will necessarily seek to inculcate some moral maxim, social duty, or political truth.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Tale	Tale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	like	like	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Parable	Parable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	33	advmod	_	_
32	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	much	much	ADV	RB	_	36	advcl	_	_
34	by	by	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	unlike	unlike	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
54	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc:preconj	_	_
55	Tale	Tale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
56	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	Parable	Parable	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
60	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	62	advmod	_	_
62	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	as	as	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
68	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	prerogative	prerogative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	inseparable	inseparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
76	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	_
78	of	of	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
81	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
82	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	84	aux	_	_
83	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
84	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
85	to	to	PART	TO	_	86	mark	_	_
86	inculcate	inculcate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	84	xcomp	_	_
87	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	89	det	_	_
88	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	amod	_	_
89	maxim	maxim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	86	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
91	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	amod	_	_
92	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	96	punct	_	_
94	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	96	cc	_	_
95	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	96	amod	_	_
96	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | future | Parable | the Tale |  |  | yet |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tale=Theme |
| 2 | **seek** | future | Parable | the Parable |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Theme |
| 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive | Parable *not said here* | a hidden meaning |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 4 | **keep** | future | meaning |  |  | view | ever |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in view=Location |
| 5 | **seek** | future | Parable *not said here* |  |  |  |  | necessarily *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **inculcate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Parable *not said here* | some moral maxim and social duty or political truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **use** |  |  | language |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **introduce** |  |  | fictitious characters |  |  |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **purpose** |  | instruction |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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