More English Fairy Tales, LXXIII. Rushen Coatie, sentence 11
This is represented in Miss Cox's book, so far as the British Isles are concerned, by no less than seven variants, as follows: (1) Dr. Blind, in _Archæological Review_, iii., 24-7, "Ashpitell" (from neighbourhood of Glasgow).
Who acts: British Isles · What happens: represent, be, follow · To what, where: This, 1
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXIII. Rushen Coatie. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (British Isles), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 represented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 represented | aux:pass |
| 3 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 5 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Cox | compound |
| 6 | Cox | Cox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 book | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Cox | case |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 represented | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 far | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 far | advmod |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 represented | advmod |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 concerned | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Isles | det |
| 14 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Isles | amod |
| 15 | Isles | Isle | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 concerned | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 concerned | cop |
| 17 | concerned | concerned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 far | advcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 variants | punct |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 variants | case |
| 20 | no | no | ADV | _ | 21 less | advmod |
| 21 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 23 seven | advmod |
| 22 | than | than | ADP | _ | 21 less | fixed |
| 23 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 variants | nummod |
| 24 | variants | variant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 represented | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 follows | punct |
| 26 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 follows | mark |
| 27 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 represented | conj |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 1 | punct |
| 29 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 1 | punct |
| 30 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 follows | obl |
| 31 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 1 | punct |
| 32 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Blind | nmod:desc |
| 33 | Blind | Blind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Archæological | punct |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 Archæological | case |
| 36 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 35 in | punct |
| 37 | Archæological | Archæological | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 represented | obl |
| 38 | Review | Review | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Archæological | flat |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 37 Archæological | punct |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 iii | punct |
| 41 | iii | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 37 Archæological | flat |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 Archæological | punct |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 24-7 | punct |
| 44 | 24-7 | 24-7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 37 Archæological | list |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Ashpitell | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Ashpitell | punct |
| 47 | Ashpitell | Ashpitell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Archæological | conj |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Ashpitell | punct |
| 49 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 51 neighbourhood | punct |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 neighbourhood | case |
| 51 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Ashpitell | appos |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Glasgow | case |
| 53 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 neighbourhood | nmod |
| 54 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 51 neighbourhood | punct |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | present · passive | This | in Archæological and Ashpitell; in Miss Cox's book; far property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme in book=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the British Isles | concerned property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | follow | present | 1 Blind Dr. | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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