Indian Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, sentence 32
Her example has been followed by Miss Stokes, by Mrs. Steel, and Captain (now Major) Temple, by the Pandit Natesa Sastri, by Mr. Knowles and Mr. Campbell, as well as others who have published folk-tales in such periodicals as the _Indian Antiquary_ and _The Orientalist_.
Who acts: Miss Stokes, others, Miss · What happens: follow, publish, exemplify · To what, where: example, folk tales, such periodicals
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 (Miss Stokes, others, Miss), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 example | nmod:poss |
| 2 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 followed | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 followed | aux:pass |
| 5 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 Stokes | case |
| 7 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Stokes | compound |
| 8 | Stokes | Stoke | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 followed | obl:agent |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Mrs. | punct |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Mrs. | case |
| 11 | Mrs. | Mrs. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | parataxis |
| 12 | Steel | Steel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Mrs. | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Temple | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 Temple | cc |
| 15 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Temple | nsubj |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 Major | punct |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 Major | advmod |
| 18 | Major | Major | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Captain | appos |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 Major | punct |
| 20 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Mrs. | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Natesa | punct |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 Natesa | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Natesa | det |
| 24 | Pandit | Pandit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Natesa | compound |
| 25 | Natesa | Natesa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | obl:agent |
| 26 | Sastri | Sastri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Natesa | flat |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Knowles | punct |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 Knowles | case |
| 29 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Knowles | nmod:desc |
| 30 | Knowles | Knowles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 followed | parataxis |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 Campbell | cc |
| 32 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Campbell | nmod:desc |
| 33 | Campbell | Campbell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Knowles | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 others | punct |
| 35 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 38 others | cc |
| 36 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 35 as | fixed |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 as | fixed |
| 38 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 Knowles | nmod |
| 39 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 published | nsubj |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 published | aux |
| 41 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 others | acl:relcl |
| 42 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 tales | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 folk | punct |
| 44 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 published | obj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 periodicals | case |
| 46 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 periodicals | amod |
| 47 | periodicals | periodical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 published | obl |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 52 Antiquary | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Antiquary | det |
| 50 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 Antiquary | punct |
| 51 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Antiquary | amod |
| 52 | Antiquary | Antiquary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 published | obl |
| 53 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 38 others | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 Orientalist | cc |
| 55 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 57 Orientalist | punct |
| 56 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Orientalist | det |
| 57 | Orientalist | Orientalist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Knowles | conj |
| 58 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 30 Knowles | punct |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 followed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present · perfect · passive | Miss Stokes | Miss's example | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | publish | present · perfect | others | folk tales | such periodicals | as the Indian Antiquary | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tale=Result as antiquary=Attribute | ||
| 3 | exemplify | Miss | nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=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: «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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