Indian Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, sentence 24
In a somewhat elaborate discussion[1] I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Æsop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha.
Who acts: I, fables, conclusion · What happens: come, pass, derive, utilise, name · To what, where: elaborate discussion, name, goodly number, India, same tales, Jatakas
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 (I, fables, conclusion), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 discussion | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 discussion | det |
| 3 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 4 elaborate | advmod |
| 4 | elaborate | elaborate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 discussion | amod |
| 5 | discussion | discussion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | obl |
| 6 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 7 1 | punct |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 discussion | flat |
| 8 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 5 discussion | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 come | nsubj |
| 10 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 conclusion | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 conclusion | det |
| 14 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | obl |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 derived | mark |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 number | det |
| 17 | goodly | goodly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 number | amod |
| 18 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 fables | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 fables | det |
| 21 | fables | fable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 number | nmod |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 pass | nsubj |
| 23 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 fables | acl:relcl |
| 24 | under | under | ADP | _ | 26 name | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 name | det |
| 26 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 pass | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 slave | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 slave | det |
| 29 | Samian | samian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 slave | amod |
| 30 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 name | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Æsop | punct |
| 32 | Æsop | Æsop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 slave | appos |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Æsop | punct |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 derived | aux:pass |
| 35 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 conclusion | acl |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 India | case |
| 37 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 derived | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 source | punct |
| 39 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 43 source | advmod |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 source | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 source | det |
| 42 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 source | amod |
| 43 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | parataxis |
| 44 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 49 utilised | advmod |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 tales | det |
| 46 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 tales | amod |
| 47 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 utilised | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 utilised | aux:pass |
| 49 | utilised | utilise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 source | advcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 Jatakas | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Jatakas | det |
| 52 | Jatakas | jataka | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 utilised | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 stories | punct |
| 54 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 57 stories | cc |
| 55 | Birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 stories | compound |
| 56 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 Birth | punct |
| 57 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 Jatakas | conj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Buddha | case |
| 59 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 stories | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · perfect | I | a elaborate discussion | to the conclusion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | pass | present | the fables | the name of the Samian slave | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under name=Location | ||||
| 3 | derive | past · passive | the conclusion not said here | a goodly number of the fables | India | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from india=Material | |||
| 4 | utilise | past · passive | the same tales | the Jatakas or Birth stories of Buddha | whence property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | name | the Samian slave | nom name «communication 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: «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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