--- title: The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at on… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at one great end and purpose—the representation of human motive, and the improvement of human conduct, and yet it so conceals its design under the disguise of fictitious characters, by clothing with speech the animals of the field, the b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / [Literally Translated From the Greek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/) / 13 # Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 13 The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at one great end and purpose—the representation of human motive, and the improvement of human conduct, and yet it so conceals its design under the disguise of fictitious characters, by clothing with speech the animals of the field, the birds of the air, the trees of the wood, or the beasts of the forest, that the reader shall receive advice without perceiving the presence of the adviser. **Who acts:** true Fable, meaning, reader, human conduct · **What happens:** rise, aim, conceal, clothe, receive, perceive · **To what, where:** high requirements, improvement, one great end, design, disguise, advice 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 (true Fable, meaning, reader, human conduct), 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:pg21:1:13 # text = The true Fable, if it rise to its high requirements, ever aims at one great end and purpose—the representation of human motive, and the improvement of human conduct, and yet it so conceals its design under the disguise of fictitious characters, by clothing with speech the animals of the field, the birds of the air, the trees of the wood, or the beasts of the forest, that the reader shall receive advice without perceiving the presence of the adviser. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Fable Fable PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 requirements requirement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 aims aim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 motive motive NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 improvement improvement NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 yet yet ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 conceals conceal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 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 by by SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 clothing clothe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 or or CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 conj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 that that SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 81 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 82 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 83 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obj _ _ 84 without without SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 85 perceiving perceive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 82 advcl _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obj _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 adviser adviser NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | the true Fable | | | meaning's high requirements | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to requirement=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **aim** | present | the true Fable *not said here* | the improvement of human conduct | | | at one great end and purpose and the representation of human motive; ever | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **conceal** | present | meaning | meaning's design | | the disguise of fictitious characters | yet | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent design=Patient under disguise=Location | | 4 | **clothe** | gerund | meaning *not said here* | | | | | with speech and the animals of the field and the birds of the air and the trees of the wood or the beasts of the forest | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **receive** | shall | the reader | advice | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 6 | **perceive** | gerund | the reader *not said here* | the presence of the adviser | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer presence=Stimulus | | 7 | **require** | | meaning | | | | | | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **represent** | | | human motive | | | | | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **improve** | | human conduct | | | | | | nom improvement «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **design** | | meaning | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=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. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/14/) - ↑ back to [Literally Translated From the Greek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/)