More English Fairy Tales, XLIV. the Pied Piper, sentence 26
Mr. Shore, in his _History of Hampshire_, 1891, p. 185, refers to the legend, but evidently bases his reference on Elder, and so with all the modern references I have seen.
Who acts: Shore, I, p. · What happens: refer, base, see · To what, where: reference, Elder
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XLIV. the Pied Piper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shore, I, p.), 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 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Shore | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Shore | Shore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 refers | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 History | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 History | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 History | nmod:poss |
| 6 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 History | punct |
| 7 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Shore | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Hampshire | case |
| 9 | Hampshire | Hampshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 History | nmod |
| 10 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 History | punct |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 1891 | punct |
| 12 | 1891 | 1891 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Shore | nmod:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 p. | punct |
| 14 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Shore | conj |
| 15 | 185 | 185 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 p. | flat |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shore | punct |
| 17 | refers | refer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 legend | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 legend | det |
| 20 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 refers | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 bases | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 bases | cc |
| 23 | evidently | evidently | ADV | _ | 24 bases | advmod |
| 24 | bases | base | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 refers | conj |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 reference | nmod:poss |
| 26 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bases | obj |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 Elder | case |
| 28 | Elder | Elder | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 bases | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 seen | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 seen | cc |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 seen | advmod |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 references | case |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 references | det:predet |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 references | det |
| 35 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 references | amod |
| 36 | references | reference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 seen | obl |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 seen | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 seen | aux |
| 39 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 refers | conj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 refers | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | present | Shore Mr. 1891 and p. | to the legend | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to legend=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | base | present | Shore Mr. 1891 and p. not said here | p.'s reference | Elder | evidently property | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reference=Theme on elder=Source | ||
| 3 | see | present · perfect | I | with all modern references | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | refer | p. | nom reference «communication 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: «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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