More English Fairy Tales, LII. Tom Hickathrift, sentence 9
Rev._, vol. xxi.), and after him, Mr. Gomme, have drawn attention to certain similarities with the Grettir Saga, but they do not extend beyond general resemblances of great strength.
Who acts: Rev., similarities · What happens: draw, not extend · To what, where: attention, certain similarities, general resemblances
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LII. Tom Hickathrift. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rev., similarities), 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 | Rev. | Rev. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 drawn | nsubj |
| 2 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rev. | punct |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 xxi | punct |
| 4 | vol. | vol. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 xxi | compound |
| 5 | xxi | xxi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rev. | appos |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 xxi | punct |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 xxi | punct |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Gomme | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Gomme | cc |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 Gomme | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 him | punct |
| 13 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Gomme | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Gomme | Gomme | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Rev. | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Gomme | punct |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 drawn | aux |
| 17 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 18 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 drawn | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 similarities | case |
| 20 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 similarities | amod |
| 21 | similarities | similarity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 drawn | obl |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 Saga | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Saga | det |
| 24 | Grettir | Grettir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Saga | compound |
| 25 | Saga | Saga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 similarities | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 extend | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 extend | cc |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 extend | nsubj |
| 29 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 extend | aux |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 extend | advmod |
| 31 | extend | extend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 drawn | parataxis |
| 32 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 34 resemblances | case |
| 33 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 resemblances | amod |
| 34 | resemblances | resemblance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 extend | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 strength | case |
| 36 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 strength | amod |
| 37 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 resemblances | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 drawn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present · perfect | Rev. | attention | certain similarities with the Grettir Saga | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent attention=Theme to similarity=Destination | |||
| 2 | not extend | present · do-support | similarities = similarity | general resemblances of great strength | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond resemblance=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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