Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23, sentence 137
What this relation is I have discussed at considerable length in the "History of the Æsopic Fable," which forms the introductory volume to my edition of Caxton's _Esope_ (London, D. Nutt, "Bibliothèque de Carabas," 1889).
What happens: discuss, form · To what, where: relation, considerable length, introductory volume, edition
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 discussed | obj |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 relation | det |
| 3 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 discussed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 discussed | aux:pass |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 discussed | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 discussed | aux |
| 7 | discussed | discuss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 length | case |
| 9 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 length | amod |
| 10 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 discussed | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 History | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 History | det |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 History | punct |
| 14 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 length | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Fable | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Fable | det |
| 17 | Æsopic | Æsopic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Fable | compound |
| 18 | Fable | Fable | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 History | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 forms | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 forms | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 forms | nsubj |
| 22 | forms | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 discussed | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 volume | det |
| 24 | introductory | introductory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 volume | amod |
| 25 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 forms | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 edition | case |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 edition | nmod:poss |
| 28 | edition | edition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 volume | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 _ | case |
| 30 | Caxton | Caxton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 _ | nmod:poss |
| 31 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 30 Caxton | case |
| 32 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 edition | nmod |
| 33 | Esope | Esope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 _ | flat |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 London | punct |
| 35 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 36 London | punct |
| 36 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 volume | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 D. | punct |
| 38 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 London | conj |
| 39 | Nutt | Nutt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 D. | flat |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Bibliothèque | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 Bibliothèque | punct |
| 42 | Bibliothèque | Bibliothèque | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 London | conj |
| 43 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Bibliothèque | flat |
| 44 | Carabas | Carabas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Bibliothèque | flat |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 1889 | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 1889 | punct |
| 47 | 1889 | 1889 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 42 Bibliothèque | list |
| 48 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 47 1889 | punct |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 discussed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discuss speech: other | present · perfect · passive | this relation | considerable length in the History of the Æsopic Fable | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | form | present | the introductory volume London and D. and Bibliothèque | my edition of Caxton's _ | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent volume=Theme to edition=Recipient |
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: «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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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