Fifty Famous Stories Retold, Concerning These Stories., sentence 10

Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin; nearly all are the subjects of frequent allusions in poetry and prose and in the conversation of educated people.

Who acts: some, English people, educated people · What happens: derive, be, come, tell, converse · To what, where: Some, ancient sources, literature, us, ballads, subjects · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Concerning These Stories.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (some, English people, educated people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 derived	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 derived	aux:pass
3	derived	derive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 sources	case
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 ancient	advmod
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sources	amod
7	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 derived	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 current	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 current	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 current	cop
11	current	current	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 derived	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 literature	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 literature	det
14	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 current	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 lands	case
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lands	amod
17	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 literature	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 come	punct
19	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	21 come	nsubj
20	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 come	aux
21	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 derived	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 us	case
23	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 come	obl
24	through	through	ADP	_	26 ballads	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ballads	det
26	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 come	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 tales	cc
28	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 tales	compound
29	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 ballads	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 people	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 people	det
32	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 people	amod
33	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 tales	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 few	punct
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 few	det
36	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 derived	conj
37	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 few	cop
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 origin	case
39	quite	quite	ADV	_	40 recent	advmod
40	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 origin	amod
41	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 few	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 subjects	punct
43	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	44 all	advmod
44	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 subjects	det
45	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 subjects	cop
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 subjects	det
47	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 few	conj
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 allusions	case
49	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 allusions	amod
50	allusions	allusion	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 subjects	nmod
51	in	in	ADP	_	52 poetry	case
52	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 allusions	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 prose	cc
54	prose	prose	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 poetry	conj
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 conversation	cc
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 conversation	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 conversation	det
58	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 poetry	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 people	case
60	educated	educated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 people	amod
61	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 conversation	nmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 derived	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	derive	present · passive		Some		ancient sources		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from source=Material
2	is	present				the literature of many lands	current property	tree rules
3	come	present · perfect	some		us	the ballads and folk tales of the English people		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to we=Initial_Location through ballad=Destination
4	is	present					of recent origin; few property	tree rules
5	is a	present		all subjects			of frequent allusions in poetry and prose and the conversation of educated people	tree rules
6	tell		the English people					nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent
7	converse		educated people					nom conversation «communication intransitive»: of=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: «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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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