More English Fairy Tales, LXXXIII. Catskin, sentence 27
Mr. Newell, on the other hand (_American Folk-Lore Journal_, ii., 160), considers Catskin the earliest of the three types contained in Miss Cox's book, and considers that Cinderella was derived from this as a softening of the original.
Who acts: Newell · What happens: consider, contain, derive, soften · To what, where: Catskin, three types, book, Cinderella, this, original
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXXIII. Catskin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Newell), 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 Newell | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Newell | Newell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 considers | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Newell | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 hand | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hand | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hand | amod |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Newell | nmod |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 11 Folk | punct |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 Folk | punct |
| 10 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Folk | amod |
| 11 | Folk | Folk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hand | appos |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 Lore | punct |
| 13 | Lore | Lore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Folk | flat |
| 14 | Journal | Journal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Folk | flat |
| 15 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 Folk | punct |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ii | punct |
| 17 | ii | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 11 Folk | flat |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 Folk | punct |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 160 | punct |
| 20 | 160 | 160 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 Folk | conj |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 11 Folk | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Newell | punct |
| 23 | considers | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | Catskin | Catskin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 considers | obj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 earliest | det |
| 26 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 23 considers | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 types | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 types | det |
| 29 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 types | nummod |
| 30 | types | type | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 earliest | nmod |
| 31 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 types | acl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 book | case |
| 33 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Cox | compound |
| 34 | Cox | Cox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 book | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 Cox | case |
| 36 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 contained | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 considers | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 considers | cc |
| 39 | considers | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 considers | conj |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 derived | mark |
| 41 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 derived | nsubj |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 derived | aux:pass |
| 43 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 considers | xcomp |
| 44 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 this | case |
| 45 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 derived | obl |
| 46 | as | as | ADP | _ | 48 softening | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 softening | det |
| 48 | softening | softening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 derived | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 original | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 original | det |
| 51 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 softening | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 considers | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | present | Newell Mr. on the other hand | Catskin | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent catskin=Theme early=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | contain | participle | the three types not said here | Miss Cox's book | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location | ||||
| 3 | consider | present | Newell Mr. on the other hand not said here | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | derive | past · passive | Cinderella | this | as a softening of the original | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from this=Material | |||
| 5 | soften | the original | nom softening «process transitive»: of=patient |
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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