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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 14, sentence 132

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In a similar manner, the fable from Phædrus, the “Marriage of the Sun,” is supposed to have reference to the contemplated union of Livia, the daughter of Drusus, with Sejanus the favourite, and minister of Trajan.

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**What happens:** suppose, have, contemplate · **To what, where:** minister, similar manner, reference

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg21:16:132
# text = In a similar manner, the fable from Phædrus, the “Marriage of the Sun,” is supposed to have reference to the contemplated union of Livia, the daughter of Drusus, with Sejanus the favourite, and minister of Trajan.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Phædrus	Phædrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Marriage	Marriage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	contemplated	contemplate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Livia	Livia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Drusus	Drusus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Sejanus	Sejanus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	favourite	favourite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Trajan	Trajan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | present · passive |  | minister of Trajan |  | a similar manner |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | reference |  |  |  | to the contemplated union of Livia; with Sejanus | tree rules |
| 3 | **contemplate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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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