Indian Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, sentence 15
Some--as Benfey in Germany, M. Cosquin in France, and Mr. Clouston in England--have declared that India is the Home of the Fairy Tale, and that all European fairy tales have been brought from thence by Crusaders, by Mongol missionaries, by Gipsies, by Jews, by traders, by travellers.
Who acts: traders, India, Crusaders · What happens: declare, be, bring · To what, where: Benfey, Home, European fairy tales
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Joseph Jacobs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (traders, India, Crusaders), 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 | 4 Benfey | det |
| 2 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 Benfey | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 Benfey | case |
| 4 | Benfey | Benfey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 declared | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Germany | case |
| 6 | Germany | Germany | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Benfey | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Cosquin | punct |
| 8 | M. | M. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Cosquin | compound |
| 9 | Cosquin | Cosquin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Benfey | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 France | case |
| 11 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Cosquin | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Clouston | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Clouston | cc |
| 14 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Clouston | nmod:desc |
| 15 | Clouston | Clouston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Cosquin | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 England | case |
| 17 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Clouston | nmod |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 Benfey | punct |
| 19 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 declared | aux |
| 20 | declared | declare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 Home | mark |
| 22 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Home | nsubj |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 Home | cop |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Home | det |
| 25 | Home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 declared | xcomp |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Tale | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Tale | det |
| 28 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Tale | compound |
| 29 | Tale | Tale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Home | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 brought | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 brought | cc |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 brought | mark |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 tales | det |
| 34 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 tales | amod |
| 35 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tales | compound |
| 36 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 brought | aux |
| 38 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 brought | aux:pass |
| 39 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 declared | conj |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 thence | case |
| 41 | thence | thence | ADV | _ | 39 brought | obl |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 Crusaders | case |
| 43 | Crusaders | crusader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 brought | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 missionaries | punct |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 missionaries | case |
| 46 | Mongol | mongol | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 missionaries | amod |
| 47 | missionaries | missionary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 declared | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 Gipsies | punct |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 Gipsies | case |
| 50 | Gipsies | gipsy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 declared | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 Jews | punct |
| 52 | by | by | ADP | _ | 53 Jews | case |
| 53 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 declared | advcl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 traders | punct |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 56 traders | case |
| 56 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 declared | obl:agent |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 travellers | punct |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 59 travellers | case |
| 59 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 traders | conj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 declared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | present · perfect · passive | traders and travellers | some Benfey in Germany and M. Cosquin in France and Clouston Mr. in England | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | India | the Home | of the Fairy Tale | tree rules | |||
| 3 | bring | present · perfect · passive | Crusaders | all European fairy tales | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from thence=Initial_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: «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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