--- title: The construction of a fable involves a minute attention to (1), the… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: The construction of a fable involves a minute attention to (1), the narration itself; (2), the deduction of the moral; and (3), a careful maintenance of the individual characteristics of the fictitious personages introduced into it. Who acts: construction, moral. 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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 (construction, moral), 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:pg21:1:27 # text = The construction of a fable involves a minute attention to (1), the narration itself; (2), the deduction of the moral; and (3), a careful maintenance of the individual characteristics of the fictitious personages introduced into it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 construction construction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 involves involve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 narration narration NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 deduction deduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 maintenance maintenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 individual individual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 characteristics characteristic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 fictitious fictitious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 personages personage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 45 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **involve** | present | the construction of a fable | a minute attention | | | | to 1 the narration construction; the deduction of the moral *obl* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme | | 2 | **introduce** | participle | | the fictitious personages *not said here* | | construction | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **construct** | | | a fable | | | | | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **deduct** | | the moral | | | | | | nom deduction «possession intransitive»: of=agent | | 5 | **maintain** | | | the individual characteristics of the fictitious personages | | | | | nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/28/) - ↑ back to [Literally Translated From the Greek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/1/)