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# Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s Fables, part 15, sentence 25

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It is divided into four books, and consists of long conversations conducted by fictitious characters under the figures the beasts of the field and forest, and aimed at the rebuke of particular classes of men, the boastful, the proud, the luxurious, the wrathful, &c. None of the stories are precisely those of Æsop, and none have the concinnity, terseness, and unmistakable deduction of the lesson intended to be taught by the fable, so conspicuous in the great Greek fabulist.

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**Who acts:** consists, none, unmistakable deduction, fable, lesson · **What happens:** divide, conduct, aim, have, intend, teach · **To what, where:** two, four books, rebuke, concinnity, particular classes

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This is a sentence of «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (consists, none, unmistakable deduction, fable), 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:pg21:17:25
# text = It is divided into four books, and consists of long conversations conducted by fictitious characters under the figures the beasts of the field and forest, and aimed at the rebuke of particular classes of men, the boastful, the proud, the luxurious, the wrathful, &c. None of the stories are precisely those of Æsop, and none have the concinnity, terseness, and unmistakable deduction of the lesson intended to be taught by the fable, so conspicuous in the great Greek fabulist.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	consists	consist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	aimed	aim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	rebuke	rebuke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	classes	class	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	boastful	boastful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	luxurious	luxurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	wrathful	wrathful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
51	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	c.	c.	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
53	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	59	nsubj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	_
57	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
58	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	parataxis	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Æsop	Æsop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
64	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	65	nsubj	_	_
65	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	concinnity	concinnity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	terseness	terseness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
72	unmistakable	unmistakable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	deduction	deduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nsubj	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	_
77	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
78	to	to	PART	TO	_	80	mark	_	_
79	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	80	aux:pass	_	_
80	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	77	ccomp	_	_
81	by	by	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	fable	fable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
85	so	so	ADV	RB	_	86	advmod	_	_
86	conspicuous	conspicuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	conj	_	_
87	in	in	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
88	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
89	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
90	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
91	fabulist	fabulist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	86	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | present · passive |  | two |  | four books |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conduct** | participle | consists of long conversations |  |  |  |  | by fictitious characters under the figures and the beasts of the field and forest | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by character=Destination |
| 3 | **aim** | participle |  |  |  | the rebuke of particular classes of men |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **have** | present | none | the concinnity and terseness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concinnity=Patient |
| 5 | **intend** | past | unmistakable deduction of the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **teach** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the fable |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **rebuke** |  |  | particular classes of men |  |  |  |  | nom rebuke «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **deduct** |  | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | nom deduction «possession 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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