More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 20, sentence 18
117-35, only forty are represented in our collection: I have little doubt that the majority of the remaining thirty or so also existed in these isles, and especially in England.
Who acts: I · What happens: represent, have, remain, exist · To what, where: 117-35, little doubt, isles
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117-35 | 117-35 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 represented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 forty | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 forty | advmod |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 117-35 | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 represented | aux:pass |
| 6 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 collection | case |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 collection | nmod:poss |
| 9 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 represented | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 have | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 have | nsubj |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 represented | parataxis |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 doubt | amod |
| 14 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | obj |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 majority | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 majority | det |
| 17 | majority | majority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 doubt | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 England | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 England | det |
| 20 | remaining | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 England | amod |
| 21 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 England | compound |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 existed | cc |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 existed | advmod |
| 24 | also | also | ADV | _ | 25 existed | advmod |
| 25 | existed | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 thirty | conj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 isles | case |
| 27 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 28 isles | det |
| 28 | isles | isle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 existed | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 England | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 England | cc |
| 31 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 33 England | advmod |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 England | case |
| 33 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 majority | nmod |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | present · passive | 117-35 | in our collection | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in collection=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | have | present | I | little doubt | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient | ||||
| 3 | remain | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | exist | past | I not said here | this isles | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in isle=Location |
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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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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