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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 124

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Having thus given a complete synopsis of the origin, descent, and history of these fables, it only remains to explain the reasons which have induced the Publishers to prepare a new edition of Æsop, and to state the grounds on which they hope to establish a claim for support and public approval in their undertaking.

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**Who acts:** history, grounds · **What happens:** give, remain, explain, induce, prepare, state · **To what, where:** complete synopsis, reasons, new edition, grounds, claim, undertaking

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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 (history, grounds), 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:pg21:1:124
# text = Having thus given a complete synopsis of the origin, descent, and history of these fables, it only remains to explain the reasons which have induced the Publishers to prepare a new edition of Æsop, and to state the grounds on which they hope to establish a claim for support and public approval in their undertaking.
1	Having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux	_	_
2	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	synopsis	synopsis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	fables	fable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	only	only	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	induced	induce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Publishers	publisher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	edition	edition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	state	state	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	41	obj	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obl	_	_
46	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	conj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
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| 1 | **give** | gerund · perfect |  | a complete synopsis of the origin and descent |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent synopsis=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | present | history |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | history *not said here* | the reasons |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 4 | **induce** | present · perfect · passive |  | the reasons |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **prepare** | to-infinitive |  | a new edition of Æsop |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edition=Patient |
| 6 | **state** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | history *not said here* | the grounds |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grounds=Topic |
| 7 | **hope** | present | grounds |  |  | the grounds |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **establish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | grounds *not said here* | a claim |  | grounds's undertaking |  | for support and public approval | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient |
| 9 | **undertake** |  | grounds |  |  |  |  |  | nom undertaking «act transitive»: poss=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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